VEKTORCarrier Intelligence Packet
TRI-STATE TRUCK & EQUIPMENT INC
DBA TSTE TRUCK LEASING
USDOT 320823 · 5250 MIDLAND ROAD, BILLINGS, MT 59101-6324
—UnratedUnknownVektor risk score · 0–100
Generated August 14, 2026 from the live FMCSA / NHTSA record. Decision support — not an FMCSA safety rating or a recommendation to use or avoid any carrier. Verify authority & insurance before tendering.
Watch · 3
- USDOT registration inactive — The USDOT record is flagged inactive — the carrier may not be authorized to operate.
- No inspection history despite active fleet — An established carrier reporting 9 power units has no roadside inspections — a common shell/paper-carrier signal.
- MCS-150 update due — The biennial MCS-150 update is overdue.
In good standing · 1
- Established 38 years — Operating authority has been on file since 1988.
Identity & authority
- Operating status
- Inactive
- Common authority
- —
- Contract authority
- —
- Broker authority
- —
- Safety rating
- Conditional (Mar 1, 1989)
- Authority age
- 38 yr
- Registered
- Jul 13, 1988
- Out-of-service
- No
- Phone
- (406) 245-3188
- rickb@tste.com
- Website
- tste.com
- Address
- 5250 MIDLAND ROAD, BILLINGS, MT 59101-6324
Fleet
- Power units
- 9
- Drivers
- 9
- Observed units
- 0
- Avg fleet age
- —
Insurance
- Auto-liability on file
- No
- BIPD limit
- —
- Cargo on file
- No
- Cargo limit
- —
- Bond on file
- No
- Lapses
- 0
Safety · trailing 24 months
- Vehicle OOS
- —
- Driver OOS
- —
- Inspections
- 0
- Crashes
- 0
- Fatal crashes
- 0