Carrier profile · USDOT 1680088 · MC-617417 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Plains Dedicated Express LLC

17 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 19 statesPATTONSBURG, MO87/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-617417 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

17Power units

23 observed · MCS-150

27Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.5Avg age (yr)

2005–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(303) 848-2558 Email dispatchexpressdispatch@plainsdedicated.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 average32.1% vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes6 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 19 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2007.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo32.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo32.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

17 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.5 yr

Model years 2005–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

19 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2007 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

49 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 32.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 28 vehicle and 49 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 11.2 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

48 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 17-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 17
Inspections · 24 mo: 49
Annualized: ≈25 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.4 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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 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$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 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Canal’16–’18

Crum Forster’20–’22

Harco National’22–’24

beyond this history

2014201720202023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY · since Mar 2024

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2022 → Mar 2024	$750K	2
CRUM & FORSTER INDEMNITY COMPANY	Mar 2020 → Mar 2022	$750K	1
CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2019 → Mar 2020	$750K	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Mar 2018 → Mar 2019	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	May 2016 → Mar 2018	$750K	4
NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	May 2015 → May 2016	$750K	1
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	May 2014 → May 2015	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 17
Observed power (24 mo): 23
Trailers (towed): 27

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.5 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

2005

Oldest model yr

68.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 19 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

IA busiest

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

Home base

PATTONSBURG, MO

209 1ST AVE

Top corridor

IA ⇄ MO

IA 7 · MO 5 · AR 5

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 230724Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (19 trucks · 20 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3217747 USDOT 3977893 USDOT 2835693 USDOT 3300318 USDOT 230724 USDOT 2325430 USDOT 77890 USDOT 697759

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@plainsdedicated.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 2233655

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: 209 1ST AVE, PATTONSBURG, MO, 64670
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (303) 848-2558
Fax: (303) 848-2497
Email: expressdispatch@plainsdedicated.com
Web domain: plainsdedicated.com

Registration

Officers: Jerod Thayer · Tj Worcester
USDOT / docket: 1680088 · MC-617417
First registered: Aug 22, 2007
Last MCS-150: Mar 13, 2026 · 1,836,952 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,836,952

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 PLAINS DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC.

PLAINS DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 1680088) 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 $750,000 limit in force from BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY effective Mar 1, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 32.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 49 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 28 vehicle-level and 49 driver-level — across 19 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 17 power units and 17 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 13, 2026.

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

Frequently asked

What is PLAINS DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number?

PLAINS DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number is 1680088, and its motor carrier number is MC-617417.

Is PLAINS DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC authorized to operate?

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

What is PLAINS DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC's safety record?

PLAINS DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC has a 32.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 75 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash 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 PLAINS DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC's fleet?

PLAINS DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC operates 17 power units and 17 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is PLAINS DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC based?

PLAINS DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC is based in PATTONSBURG, MO, with roadside inspections recorded across 19 states.

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