Carrier profile · USDOT 3239288 · MC-1017111 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Tipton Enterprise of Arkansas LLC

6 power unitsavg 6.4 yrMulti-region · 14 statesALEXANDER, AR74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1017111 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

6Power units

6 observed · MCS-150

8Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.4Avg age (yr)

2016–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(501) 650-4283 Email dispatchTIPTONFREIGHT@YAHOO.COM

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

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Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average50.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average21.1% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% national average.

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 8 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2019.No reported crashesNo DOT-reportable crashes are on this carrier's record.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo50.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo50.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

6 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.4 yr

Model years 2016–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

7 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2019 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

19 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 50.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 21.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 19 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 8.3 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

18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 3

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 6-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 6
Inspections · 24 mo: 19
Annualized: ≈10 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.6 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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 3 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 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$1,000,000 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

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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 · 4 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

National’19–’20

United Financial’20–’21

Canal’21–’25

Progressive Northwestern’25–’26

2019202120232025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 4 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · ACCELERANT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Feb 2026

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROGRESSIVE NORTHWESTERN INS. CO.	Feb 2025 → Feb 2026	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2021 → Feb 2025	$750K	4
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Feb 2020 → Feb 2021	$750K	1
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Feb 2019 → Feb 2020	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 6
Observed power (24 mo): 6
Trailers (towed): 8

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.4 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

2016

Oldest model yr

78.6%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 14 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

LA busiest

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

Home base

ALEXANDER, AR

12603 BARTH ROAD

Top corridor

LA ⇄ AR

LA 3 · MO 2 · GA 2

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: 1 truck also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3253803 USDOT 3457895Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (7 trucks · 11 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3253803 USDOT 3457895 USDOT 3738305 USDOT 2013884 USDOT 2999576 USDOT 3728452 USDOT 4473955 USDOT 1715434

Shares a company officer with other carriers

christopher tipton — 2 carriers: USDOT 2410667

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 12603 BARTH ROAD, ALEXANDER, AR, 72002
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (501) 650-4283
Email: tiptonfreight@yahoo.com

Registration

Officer: Christopher Tipton
USDOT / docket: 3239288 · MC-1017111
First registered: Jan 30, 2019
Last MCS-150: Dec 17, 2025 · 530,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

530,000

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 TIPTON ENTERPRISE OF ARKANSAS LLC.

TIPTON ENTERPRISE OF ARKANSAS LLC (USDOT 3239288) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from ACCELERANT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Feb 24, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 50.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 19 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 8 vehicle-level and 19 driver-level — across 14 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 6 power units and 6 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Dec 17, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TIPTON ENTERPRISE OF ARKANSAS LLC's USDOT number?

TIPTON ENTERPRISE OF ARKANSAS LLC's USDOT number is 3239288, and its motor carrier number is MC-1017111.

Is TIPTON ENTERPRISE OF ARKANSAS LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, TIPTON ENTERPRISE OF ARKANSAS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is TIPTON ENTERPRISE OF ARKANSAS LLC's safety record?

TIPTON ENTERPRISE OF ARKANSAS LLC has a 50.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 28 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is TIPTON ENTERPRISE OF ARKANSAS LLC's fleet?

TIPTON ENTERPRISE OF ARKANSAS LLC operates 6 power units and 6 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is TIPTON ENTERPRISE OF ARKANSAS LLC based?

TIPTON ENTERPRISE OF ARKANSAS LLC is based in ALEXANDER, AR, with roadside inspections recorded across 14 states.

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Contact & documents

Call dispatch(501) 650-4283 Email dispatchTIPTONFREIGHT@YAHOO.COMCarrier packetDownload / print · free

USDOT: 3239288
MC / Docket: MC-1017111
Officer: CHRISTOPHER TIPTON
Address: 12603 BARTH ROAD
ALEXANDER, AR, 72002

At a glance

Active for-hire authority

Common authority · 7 yr continuous

$1M BIPD in force

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · ACCELERANT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Feb 2026

Vehicle OOS 50.0%

vs 22.26% national — above benchmark.

No crashes in 24 months

Clean recent crash record.

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Contact & documents

Call dispatch(501) 650-4283 Email dispatchTIPTONFREIGHT@YAHOO.COMCarrier packetDownload / print · free

USDOT: 3239288
MC / Docket: MC-1017111
Officer: CHRISTOPHER TIPTON
Address: 12603 BARTH ROAD
ALEXANDER, AR, 72002

At a glance

Active for-hire authority

Common authority · 7 yr continuous

$1M BIPD in force

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · ACCELERANT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Feb 2026

Vehicle OOS 50.0%

vs 22.26% national — above benchmark.

No crashes in 24 months

Clean recent crash record.

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