Carrier profile · USDOT 120670 · MC-2304 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

The Kaplan Trucking Company

867 power unitsavg 12 yrNational · 35 statesCLEVELAND, OH81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-2304 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

867Power units

531 observed · MCS-150

525Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

12.0Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(216) 341-3322 Email dispatchchrisd@kaplantrucking.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 21, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.6% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record30 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 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$5M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

65 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$5M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

65 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

867 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

12 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

879 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 25.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 457 vehicle and 878 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.8% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 2.5 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

849 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 52

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

≈0.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 867-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 867
Inspections · 24 mo: 879
Annualized: ≈440 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 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 Driving425 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance184 · 34 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance102 · 30 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance80 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance73 · 51 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance73 · 10 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance64 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance58 · 31 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance41 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance40 · 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: Active
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$5,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$5M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $5M 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 ’16 · 4 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

United States’93–’98

Pacific Employers’00–’03

Zurich American’03–’16

beyond this history

1993200220112020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 4 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $5,000,000 · OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY · since Sep 2016

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2003 → Sep 2016	$750K	3
PACIFIC EMPLOYERS INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2000 → Jun 2003	$750K	1
ZURICH INSURANCE CO.	Jun 1998 → Jun 2000	$750K	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jun 1993 → Jun 1998	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 867
Observed power (24 mo): 531
Trailers (towed): 525

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

12.0 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

49.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 35 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

878

OH busiest

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

Home base

CLEVELAND, OH

8777 ROCKSIDE ROAD

Top corridor

OH 160 · IN 119 · SC 66

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: 31 trucks also ran under 22 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 600140 USDOT 1223950 USDOT 4382306 USDOT 388467 USDOT 204961 USDOT 733138 USDOT 92693 USDOT 162408Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (100 trucks · 112 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 733138 USDOT 785764 USDOT 1949364 USDOT 3977189 USDOT 113529 USDOT 1941086 USDOT 3271759 USDOT 991794

Shares a company officer with other carriers

mark c doland — 3 carriers: USDOT 237360 USDOT 2256081

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

867

Observed (24 mo)

531

Shared w/ other carriers

100

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: 8777 ROCKSIDE ROAD, CLEVELAND, OH, 44125
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (216) 341-3322
Fax: (216) 206-4465
Email: chrisd@kaplantrucking.com
Web domain: kaplantrucking.com

Registration

Officers: Mark C Doland · David Ferrante
USDOT / docket: 120670 · MC-2304
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Apr 14, 2026 · 49,955,294 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Feb 6, 2018
D-U-N-S: 7900806

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

867

Power units

867

Drivers

867

CDL drivers

49,955,294

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 THE KAPLAN TRUCKING COMPANY.

THE KAPLAN TRUCKING COMPANY (USDOT 120670) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 21, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $5,000,000 limit in force from OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY effective Sep 1, 2016 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 21, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.6% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier received 879 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 457 vehicle-level and 878 driver-level — across 35 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier has 65 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 30 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 21, 2026.

It reports 867 power units and 867 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 14, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Feb 6, 2018 in the federal record refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is THE KAPLAN TRUCKING COMPANY's USDOT number?

THE KAPLAN TRUCKING COMPANY's USDOT number is 120670, and its motor carrier number is MC-2304.

Is THE KAPLAN TRUCKING COMPANY authorized to operate?

As of Jun 21, 2026, THE KAPLAN TRUCKING COMPANY is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is THE KAPLAN TRUCKING COMPANY's safety record?

THE KAPLAN TRUCKING COMPANY has a 25.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 1,385 roadside inspections, with 65 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).