Carrier profile · USDOT 1150978 · MC-462229 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

America Midwest Transportation LLC

52 power unitsavg 5.7 yrNational · 29 statesCOURTLAND, MN81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-462229 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

52Power units

51 observed · MCS-150

61Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.7Avg age (yr)

2002–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(507) 359-4450 Email dispatchgarland_bloedel@americamidwest.net

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 26, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.0% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 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 23 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2003.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

7 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

52 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.7 yr

Model years 2002–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

23 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2003 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

168 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 25.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 68 vehicle and 168 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.7% · 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 3.0 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

162 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 11

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 52
Inspections · 24 mo: 168
Annualized: ≈84 / 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 Driving99 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance26 · 7 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 14 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance15 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 4 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 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 ’24 · 11 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Lincoln General’05–’09

Liberty Fire’11–’14

Protective’21–’24

2003200920152021now

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

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY · since Sep 2024

All 12 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2021 → Sep 2024	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2019 → Sep 2021	$750K	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2018 → Dec 2019	$750K	3
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2016 → Dec 2018	$750K	1
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2014 → Dec 2016	$750K	2
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2011 → Dec 2014	$750K	1
WAUSAU UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2010 → Sep 2011	$750K	1
EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2009 → Sep 2010	$750K	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Feb 2009 → Sep 2009	$750K	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2005 → Feb 2009	$750K	6
SIRIUS AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2003 → Aug 2005	$750K	5
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jun 2003 → Aug 2003	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 52
Observed power (24 mo): 51
Trailers (towed): 61

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2002

Oldest model yr

88.4%

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

168

CA busiest

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

Home base

COURTLAND, MN

148 ZIESKE ROAD

Top corridor

CA ⇄ MN

CA 22 · MN 18 · SD 13

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 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4558565Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (10 trucks · 14 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 353850 USDOT 2816059 USDOT 4193918 USDOT 2428129 USDOT 3849507 USDOT 154712 USDOT 174005 USDOT 1605559

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: 148 ZIESKE ROAD, COURTLAND, MN, 56021
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (507) 359-4450
Fax: (507) 354-3457
Email: garland_bloedel@americamidwest.net
Web domain: americamidwest.net

Registration

Officer: Garland Bloedel
USDOT / docket: 1150978 · MC-462229
First registered: Jul 15, 2003
Last MCS-150: Jul 24, 2025 · 5,041,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Feb 23, 2018
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

5,041,000

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 AMERICA MIDWEST TRANSPORTATION LLC.

AMERICA MIDWEST TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 1150978) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 26, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 26, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY effective Sep 1, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 26, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 26, 2026.

The carrier received 168 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 68 vehicle-level and 168 driver-level — across 29 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 26, 2026.

The carrier has 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 26, 2026.

It reports 52 power units and 49 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 24, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Feb 23, 2018 in the federal record refreshed Jun 26, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is AMERICA MIDWEST TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number?

AMERICA MIDWEST TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number is 1150978, and its motor carrier number is MC-462229.

Is AMERICA MIDWEST TRANSPORTATION LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 26, 2026, AMERICA MIDWEST TRANSPORTATION LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is AMERICA MIDWEST TRANSPORTATION LLC's safety record?

AMERICA MIDWEST TRANSPORTATION LLC has a 25.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 272 roadside inspections, with 7 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is AMERICA MIDWEST TRANSPORTATION LLC's fleet?

AMERICA MIDWEST TRANSPORTATION LLC operates 52 power units and 49 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is AMERICA MIDWEST TRANSPORTATION LLC based?

AMERICA MIDWEST TRANSPORTATION LLC is based in COURTLAND, MN, with roadside inspections recorded across 29 states.

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