Carrier profile · USDOT 2146479 · MC-746621 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

WEST TN EXPEDITING INC

170 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 29 statesRIPLEY, TN81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-746621 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

170Power units

143 observed · MCS-150

160Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.6Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(731) 221-1993 Email dispatchBBURNS604@WTNEXPEDITING.COM

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

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileVehicle out-of-service rate above average

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average26.9% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record3 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 15 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2011.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo26.9%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

18 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo26.9%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

18 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

170 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.6 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

15 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2011 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

315 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 26.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 134 vehicle and 315 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.0% · 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 5.0 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

297 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 22

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

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 170-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 170
Inspections · 24 mo: 315
Annualized: ≈158 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 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 Driving114 · 1 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance52 · 14 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance43 · 38 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance36 · 7 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance30 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance24 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 8 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 9 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 · 7 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Progressive Hawaii’11–’14

State Pennsylvania’14–’16

Selective America’16–’18

National Interstate’20–’23

2011201520192023now

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

BIPD in force — $750,000 · UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO. · since Jan 2026

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2025 → Jan 2026	$750K	1
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2023 → Jan 2024	$750K	5
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2020 → Jan 2023	$750K	1
AMERICAN HALLMARK INSURANCE COMPANY OF TEXAS	Mar 2019 → Mar 2020	$750K	2
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY OF THE SOUTH	Mar 2018 → Mar 2019	$750K	3
SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA	Mar 2016 → Mar 2018	$750K	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Mar 2014 → Mar 2016	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP	Jun 2011 → Mar 2014	$750K	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 170
Observed power (24 mo): 143
Trailers (towed): 160

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.6 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

46.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 29 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

315

TN busiest

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

Home base

RIPLEY, TN

182 VOLZ RD

Top corridor

TN 117 · KY 28 · OH 24

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: 3 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 4443428 USDOT 2357564 USDOT 1795427Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (26 trucks · 30 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 439352 USDOT 1188508 USDOT 3714095 USDOT 3126617 USDOT 3578060 USDOT 63585 USDOT 239699 USDOT 3530277

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@wtnexpediting.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3339048

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

170

Observed (24 mo)

143

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 182 VOLZ RD, RIPLEY, TN, 38063
Mailing address: P O BOX 189, RIPLEY, TN, 38063
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (731) 221-1993
Fax: (731) 635-0333
Email: bburns604@wtnexpediting.com
Web domain: wtnexpediting.com

Registration

Officers: Jeffrey Buckner · Debbie Hickman
USDOT / docket: 2146479 · MC-746621
First registered: Apr 25, 2011
Last MCS-150: Mar 5, 2025 · 13,722,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: 36015440

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

170

Power units

160

Drivers

160

CDL drivers

13,722,000

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 WEST TN EXPEDITING INC.

WEST TN EXPEDITING INC (USDOT 2146479) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 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 $750,000 limit in force from UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO. effective Jan 1, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 26.9% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 315 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 134 vehicle-level and 315 driver-level — across 29 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 18 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 3 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 170 power units and 160 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 5, 2025.

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

Frequently asked

What is WEST TN EXPEDITING INC's USDOT number?

WEST TN EXPEDITING INC's USDOT number is 2146479, and its motor carrier number is MC-746621.

Is WEST TN EXPEDITING INC authorized to operate?

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

What is WEST TN EXPEDITING INC's safety record?

WEST TN EXPEDITING INC has a 26.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 509 roadside inspections, with 18 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).