Carrier profile · USDOT 1737285 · MC-636756 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Western Grain & Milling Inc

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246 power unitsavg 6.9 yrMulti-region · 14 statesSANGER, CA81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-636756 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

246Power units

109 observed · MCS-150

107Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.9Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(559) 875-9300 Email dispatchramie.cordova@pitmanfarms.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average23.1% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record4 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 19 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-mo23.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

8 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo23.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

8 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

246 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.9 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

18 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2008 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

268 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 23.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 199 vehicle and 254 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.4% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

251 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 17

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 246-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 246
Inspections · 24 mo: 268
Annualized: ≈134 / 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 Driving175 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance35 · 15 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance33 · 14 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 28 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance32 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 15 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 4 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance19 · 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 ’23 · 3 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Sparta’11–’13

Scottsdale’14–’23

beyond this history

2008201320182023now

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

BIPD in force — $750,000 · MANUFACTURERS ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Mar 2023

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2014 → Mar 2023	$750K	13
SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2013 → Mar 2013	$750K	2
SPARTA INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2011 → Mar 2013	$750K	2
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMP	Feb 2008 → Feb 2008	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 246
Observed power (24 mo): 109
Trailers (towed): 107

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

58.5%

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

267

CA busiest

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

Home base

SANGER, CA

1075 NORTH AVE

Top corridor

CA 204 · NM 19 · UT 10

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: 14 trucks also ran under 5 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3420212 USDOT 3690332 USDOT 3691325 USDOT 3485886 USDOT 3241729Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (38 trucks · 18 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3420212 USDOT 3470010 USDOT 3690332 USDOT 3691325 USDOT 3786870 USDOT 3241729 USDOT 3485886 USDOT 3235228

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@pitmanfarms.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3406331

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

246

Observed (24 mo)

109

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: 1075 NORTH AVE, SANGER, CA, 93657
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (559) 875-9300
Fax: (559) 875-5660
Email: ramie.cordova@pitmanfarms.com
Web domain: pitmanfarms.com

Registration

Officer: David Benjamin Pitman
USDOT / docket: 1737285 · MC-636756
First registered: Feb 12, 2008
Last MCS-150: Feb 23, 2026 · 11,950,642 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

246

Power units

169

Drivers

169

CDL drivers

11,950,642

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 GRAIN & MILLING INC.

WESTERN GRAIN & MILLING INC (USDOT 1737285) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading 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 MANUFACTURERS ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Mar 26, 2023 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 23.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 268 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 199 vehicle-level and 254 driver-level — across 14 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 8 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 4 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 246 power units and 169 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 23, 2026.

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

Frequently asked

What is WESTERN GRAIN & MILLING INC's USDOT number?

WESTERN GRAIN & MILLING INC's USDOT number is 1737285, and its motor carrier number is MC-636756.

Is WESTERN GRAIN & MILLING INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, WESTERN GRAIN & MILLING INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is WESTERN GRAIN & MILLING INC's safety record?

WESTERN GRAIN & MILLING INC has a 23.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 452 roadside inspections, with 8 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).