Carrier profile · USDOT 2962369 · MC-5480 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Axis Transport LLC

32 power unitsavg 11 yrLocal · 2 statesKILGORE, TX87/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-5480 ACTIVEHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

32Power units

21 observed · MCS-150

18Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

11.0Avg age (yr)

2007–2020 · vPIC

Call dispatch(936) 433-1221 Email dispatchrthigpen@axistransportllc.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Clear to load

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average27.0% vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes9 crashes involving injuries are on 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 10 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2017.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$3M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo27.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$3M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo27.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

32 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

11 yr

Model years 2007–2020 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

9 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2017 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

38 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 27.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 37 vehicle and 38 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.1% · 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 26.9 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 Mar '25 · 6

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 32-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 32
Inspections · 24 mo: 38
Annualized: ≈19 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 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$3,000,000 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

$3M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $3M 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

$1M BIPD last filed ’26 · 9 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

National Liability’17–’18

Arch’18–’22

Gemini’21–’22

Arch’22–’23

Admiral’22–’23

Guideone’23–’24

Crum Forster’23–’24

At Lloyds’23–’24

Guideone’24–’25

Axis Surplus’24–’25

Rsui’24–now

201720202023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 13 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $3,000,000 · RSUI INDEMNITY COMPANY · since Jan 2026

All 13 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
RSUI INDEMNITY COMPANY	Jan 2024 → Jan 2026	$1M	2
GUIDEONE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2024 → Jan 2024	$1M	2
AXIS SURPLUS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2024 → Mar 2025	$1M	1
GUIDEONE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2024 → Jan 2025	$1M	1
RSUI INDEMNITY COMPANY	Jan 2024 → Jan 2024	$1M	1
UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	Jan 2023 → Jan 2024	$1M	1
CRUM & FORSTER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2023 → Jan 2024	$1M	1
GUIDEONE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2023 → Jan 2024	$1M	1
ADMIRAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2022 → Jan 2023	$1M	1
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2022 → Jan 2023	$1M	1
GEMINI INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2021 → Jan 2022	$1M	1
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2018 → Jan 2022	$1M	4
NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	Jan 2017 → Jan 2018	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 32
Observed power (24 mo): 21
Trailers (towed): 18

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

11.0 yr

Average age

2020

Newest model yr

2007

Oldest model yr

53.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TX busiest

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

Home base

KILGORE, TX

113 S KILGORE

Top corridor

TX 35 · NM 3

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 2902212

Shares a company officer with other carriers

ricky thigpen — 7 carriers: USDOT 138936 USDOT 1346982 USDOT 1828023 USDOT 1964929 USDOT 2072525 USDOT 2594850

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 113 S KILGORE, KILGORE, TX, 75663
Mailing address: PO BOX 2133, KILGORE, TX, 75663
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (936) 433-1221
Email: rthigpen@axistransportllc.com
Web domain: axistransportllc.com

Registration

Officers: Thomas O Hanks Jr. · Ricky Thigpen
USDOT / docket: 2962369 · MC-5480
First registered: Jan 13, 2017
Last MCS-150: May 20, 2025 · 1,694,740 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.86
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,694,740

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 AXIS TRANSPORT LLC.

AXIS TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 2962369) has a Vektor safety score of 87/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $3,000,000 limit in force from RSUI INDEMNITY COMPANY effective Jan 27, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 27.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 38 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 37 vehicle-level and 38 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 32 power units and 31 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 20, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is AXIS TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number?

AXIS TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number is 2962369, and its motor carrier number is MC-5480.

Is AXIS TRANSPORT LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, AXIS TRANSPORT LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is AXIS TRANSPORT LLC's safety record?

AXIS TRANSPORT LLC has a 27.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 56 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 87/100 (tier: clear).

How big is AXIS TRANSPORT LLC's fleet?

AXIS TRANSPORT LLC operates 32 power units and 31 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is AXIS TRANSPORT LLC based?

AXIS TRANSPORT LLC is based in KILGORE, TX, with roadside inspections recorded across 2 states.

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