Carrier profile · USDOT 1102118 · MC-456737 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Traildust Trucking Inc

17 power unitsavg 8.6 yrMulti-region · 10 statesTRIMONT, MN94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-456737 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

17Power units

21 observed · MCS-150

26Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.6Avg age (yr)

2007–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(507) 848-9616 Email dispatchKRISTA.TRAILDUST@FRONTIER.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

Clear to load

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

Watch · 1

Multiple injury crashes3 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 23 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2003.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 52 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo14.3%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo14.3%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

17 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.6 yr

Model years 2007–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

23 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2003 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

39 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 14.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 21 vehicle and 39 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 19.0 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

38 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 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

≈1.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 17-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 17
Inspections · 24 mo: 39
Annualized: ≈20 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 2 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
395.282 Hours of service / ELDHOS Compliance1 · 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)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 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Great West’03–’10

Maiden Reinsurance’10–’13

Great West’14–’22

2003200920152021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 8 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · CIRCLE STAR INSURANCE CO., A R R G · since Jan 2026

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CIRCLE STAR INSURANCE CO., A R R G	Jan 2025 → Jan 2026	$750K	3
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2024 → Jan 2025	$750K	1
BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY	Jan 2023 → Jan 2024	$750K	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2022 → Jan 2023	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jan 2014 → Jan 2022	$750K	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Jan 2013 → Jan 2014	$750K	1
MAIDEN REINSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2010 → Jan 2013	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Dec 2003 → Feb 2010	$750K	4

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 17
Observed power (24 mo): 21
Trailers (towed): 26

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.6 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2007

Oldest model yr

46.8%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 10 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

KS busiest

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

Home base

TRIMONT, MN

2052 STATE HWY 4

Top corridor

KS ⇄ MN

KS 11 · TX 8 · MN 5

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: 2 trucks also ran under 3 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3648480 USDOT 3732319 USDOT 4529999Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (23 trucks · 23 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2925125 USDOT 3242857 USDOT 3822451 USDOT 3648480 USDOT 3732319 USDOT 54862 USDOT 63585 USDOT 3228249

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@frontier.com — 3088 carriers: USDOT 1552 USDOT 2345 USDOT 2477 USDOT 9392 USDOT 10611 USDOT 13191 USDOT 38515 USDOT 38519

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: 2052 STATE HWY 4, TRIMONT, MN, 56176
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (507) 848-9616
Email: krista.traildust@frontier.com

Registration

Officers: Dean Handevidt · Lenore Handevidt
USDOT / docket: 1102118 · MC-456737
First registered: Feb 28, 2003
Last MCS-150: Jan 13, 2026 · 1,944,241 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Feb 5, 2009
Recordable crash rate: 2.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,944,241

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 TRAILDUST TRUCKING INC.

TRAILDUST TRUCKING INC (USDOT 1102118) has a Vektor safety score of 94/100 and a Clear to load 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 $750,000 limit in force from CIRCLE STAR INSURANCE CO., A R R G effective Jan 1, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 14.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 39 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 21 vehicle-level and 39 driver-level — across 10 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 2 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 17 power units and 23 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 13, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Feb 5, 2009 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TRAILDUST TRUCKING INC's USDOT number?

TRAILDUST TRUCKING INC's USDOT number is 1102118, and its motor carrier number is MC-456737.

Is TRAILDUST TRUCKING INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, TRAILDUST TRUCKING INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is TRAILDUST TRUCKING INC's safety record?

TRAILDUST TRUCKING INC has a 14.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 52 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 94/100 (tier: clear).

How big is TRAILDUST TRUCKING INC's fleet?

TRAILDUST TRUCKING INC operates 17 power units and 23 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is TRAILDUST TRUCKING INC based?

TRAILDUST TRUCKING INC is based in TRIMONT, MN, with roadside inspections recorded across 10 states.

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