Carrier profile · USDOT 1778516 · MC-211164 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

WESTERN TRANSPORT LLC

DBA CRAIG SCHECKLA LLC

40 power unitsavg 4.7 yrMulti-region · 14 statesSHERIDAN, WY74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-211164 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

40Power units

31 observed · MCS-150

40Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.7Avg age (yr)

1999–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(307) 674-6305 Email dispatchdispatch@westerntransllc.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

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

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average35.1% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service 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 18 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2008.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo35.1%

▲ 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-mo35.1%

▲ 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

Asset-based

40 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.7 yr

Model years 1999–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

18 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2008 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

78 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 35.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 37 vehicle and 78 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

41.7% · 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 8.8 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

74 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 9

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

≈1.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 40-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 40
Inspections · 24 mo: 78
Annualized: ≈39 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.0 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 Driving33 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
393.118 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)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 ’14 · 9 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Houston General’93–’97

Westport’97–’02

First National’97–’02

First National’02–’08

Sheridan State’08–’13

Great West’10–’14

beyond this history

1993200220112020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 12 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY · since Feb 2014

All 12 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jan 2010 → Feb 2014	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2009 → Jan 2010	$750K	4
SHERIDAN STATE BANK	Jun 2008 → Nov 2013	$750K	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2006 → Jan 2009	$750K	9
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2005 → Feb 2006	$750K	1
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BUFFALO	Apr 2002 → Mar 2008	$750K	1
ZC INS. CO /CONVERIUM INS.(NA) INC.	Mar 2002 → Mar 2005	$750K	1
WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	Feb 2002 → Feb 2002	$750K	1
WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	Feb 2002 → Mar 1997	$750K	1
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BUFFALO	Jul 1997 → Feb 2002	$750K	1
WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	Mar 1997 → Mar 2002	$750K	3
HOUSTON GENERAL INSURANCE CO.	Mar 1993 → Apr 1997	$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): 40
Observed power (24 mo): 31
Trailers (towed): 40

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

46.5%

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

MT busiest

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

Home base

SHERIDAN, WY

51 INDUSTRIAL LANE

Top corridor

MT ⇄ WY

MT 25 · WY 14 · WA 11

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

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

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 12358 USDOT 313566 USDOT 1695025 USDOT 4498290 USDOT 3034175

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 & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 51 INDUSTRIAL LANE, SHERIDAN, WY, 82801
Mailing address: PO BOX 671, SHERIDAN, WY, 82801
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (307) 674-6305
Fax: (307) 674-6300
Email: dispatch@westerntransllc.com
Web domain: westerntransllc.com

Registration

Officers: Cari Goss · James Goss
USDOT / docket: 1778516 · MC-211164
First registered: Jun 3, 2008
Last MCS-150: Mar 31, 2026 · 3,000,000 mi (2022)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Oct 27, 2009
Recordable crash rate: 0.36
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,000,000

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 WESTERN TRANSPORT LLC.

WESTERN TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 1778516) 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 contract 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 ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY effective Feb 1, 2014 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 35.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 78 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 37 vehicle-level and 78 driver-level — across 14 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 2 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 40 power units and 38 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 31, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Oct 27, 2009 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is WESTERN TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number?

WESTERN TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number is 1778516, and its motor carrier number is MC-211164.

Is WESTERN TRANSPORT LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, WESTERN TRANSPORT LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is WESTERN TRANSPORT LLC's safety record?

WESTERN TRANSPORT LLC has a 35.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 123 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).