Carrier profile · USDOT 2513044 · MC-871670 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

TIMELINE TRANSPORTATION INC

45 power unitsavg 4.3 yrNational · 46 statesHUNTLEY, IL94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-871670 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

45Power units

92 observed · MCS-150

89Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.3Avg age (yr)

1997–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(773) 570-3760 Email dispatchsafety@timelinetrans.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 18, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileMultiple injury crashes

Watch · 1

Multiple injury crashes12 crashes involving injuries are on record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 12 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2014.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 417 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo13.8%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo13.8%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Lessor pool

45 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.3 yr

Model years 1997–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

12 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2014 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

304 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 13.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 152 vehicle and 304 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

11.8% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 16.1 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

288 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 20

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈3.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 45
Inspections · 24 mo: 304
Annualized: ≈152 / yr
Coverage: ≈3.4 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving126 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 4 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 20 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 2 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 4 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 4 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 5 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Artisan Truckers’14–’16

National Continental’16–’19

National Continental’19–’22

American Inter-fidelity’23–’25

Ms Transverse’25–now

2014201720202023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Apr 2026

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2025 → Apr 2026	$750K	4
AMERICAN INTER-FIDELITY EXCHANGE	Jan 2023 → Jan 2025	$750K	2
TEXAS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2022 → Jan 2023	$750K	1
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2019 → Jan 2022	$750K	3
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2016 → Jan 2019	$750K	11
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Nov 2014 → Mar 2016	$750K	2

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 45
Observed power (24 mo): 92
Trailers (towed): 89

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.3 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

76.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 46 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

303

CA busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

HUNTLEY, IL

14301 WEBER DR

Top corridor

CA ⇄ IL

CA 18 · KY 17 · PA 17

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 30 trucks also ran under 9 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 895873 USDOT 4203146 USDOT 4222750 USDOT 2124287 USDOT 3944279 USDOT 3391472 USDOT 3961218 USDOT 4095024Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (99 trucks · 27 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 895873 USDOT 2902801 USDOT 4203146 USDOT 4222750 USDOT 2124287 USDOT 3348546 USDOT 3558740 USDOT 3651582

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 14301 WEBER DR, HUNTLEY, IL, 60142-2483
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (773) 570-3760
Cell: (773) 886-1700
Fax: (847) 258-5320
Email: safety@timelinetrans.com
Web domain: timelinetrans.com

Registration

Officer: Uliana Lomei
USDOT / docket: 2513044 · MC-871670
First registered: Jun 6, 2014
Last MCS-150: May 4, 2026 · 2,965,482 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,965,482

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for TIMELINE TRANSPORTATION INC.

TIMELINE TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 2513044) has a Vektor safety score of 94/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 18, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Apr 14, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 18, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 13.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier received 304 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 152 vehicle-level and 304 driver-level — across 46 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier has 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 18, 2026.

It reports 45 power units and 47 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 4, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TIMELINE TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

TIMELINE TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 2513044, and its motor carrier number is MC-871670.

Is TIMELINE TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 18, 2026, TIMELINE TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is TIMELINE TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

TIMELINE TRANSPORTATION INC has a 13.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 417 roadside inspections, with 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 94/100 (tier: clear).