Carrier profile · USDOT 185114 · MC-157926 · Updated Aug 27, 2026

Sparhawk Trucking Inc

178 power unitsavg 6.7 yrNational · 30 statesWISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI70/100

BROKER AUTHORITY ACTIVEMC-157926 BROKER ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

178Power units

94 observed · MCS-150

154Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.7Avg age (yr)

2000–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(715) 423-0380 Email dispatchmark@sparhawktrucking.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 27, 2026

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

Watch · 2

No insurance on fileActive authority but no BIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Fatal crash on record2 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.Established 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 335 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo18.7%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

13 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo18.7%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

13 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

178 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.7 yr

Model years 2000–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

194 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 18.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 91 vehicle and 194 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.3% · 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 10.5 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

183 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 16

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

Registered power units: 178
Inspections · 24 mo: 194
Annualized: ≈97 / 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 Driving101 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance32 · 5 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance30 · 7 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 15 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: None
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

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

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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 ’25 · 5 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Liberty’94–’00

Liberty Fire’00–’10

Liberty’10–’18

Arch’21–now

1994200220102018now

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

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY · since Aug 2025

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2021 → Aug 2025	$750K	5
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2020 → Nov 2020	$0	2
WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2018 → Oct 2020	$750K	2
THE FIRST LIBERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION	Oct 2017 → Oct 2018	$0	1
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2010 → Oct 2018	$750K	1
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2000 → Oct 2010	$750K	2
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 1994 → Oct 2000	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 178
Observed power (24 mo): 94
Trailers (towed): 154

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

41.9%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 30 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

194

WI busiest

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

Home base

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI

421 25TH AVE N

Top corridor

WI 47 · IL 19 · TN 14

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 3195397 USDOT 3759353 USDOT 74432 USDOT 300074 USDOT 1786454 USDOT 2396802 USDOT 3148409 USDOT 3057368

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

178

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: 421 25TH AVE N, WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI, 54495
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (715) 423-0380
Fax: (715) 423-0313
Email: mark@sparhawktrucking.com
Web domain: sparhawktrucking.com

Registration

Officers: Jamie Kester · Mark Sparhawk
USDOT / docket: 185114 · MC-157926
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Oct 10, 2025 · 13,065,271 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Nov 17, 2015
D-U-N-S: 77448363

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

178

Power units

146

Drivers

146

CDL drivers

13,065,271

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 SPARHAWK TRUCKING INC.

SPARHAWK TRUCKING INC (USDOT 185114) has a Vektor safety score of 70/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 27, 2026.

The carrier holds active broker authority but no active for-hire carrier authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 27, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY effective Aug 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 18.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 27, 2026.

The carrier received 194 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 91 vehicle-level and 194 driver-level — across 30 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 27, 2026.

The carrier has 13 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 27, 2026.

It reports 178 power units and 146 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 10, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Nov 17, 2015 in the federal record refreshed Aug 27, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SPARHAWK TRUCKING INC's USDOT number?

SPARHAWK TRUCKING INC's USDOT number is 185114, and its motor carrier number is MC-157926.

Is SPARHAWK TRUCKING INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 27, 2026, SPARHAWK TRUCKING INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SPARHAWK TRUCKING INC's safety record?

SPARHAWK TRUCKING INC has a 18.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 335 roadside inspections, with 13 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 70/100 (tier: review).

How big is SPARHAWK TRUCKING INC's fleet?

SPARHAWK TRUCKING INC operates 178 power units and 146 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is SPARHAWK TRUCKING INC based?

SPARHAWK TRUCKING INC is based in WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI, with roadside inspections recorded across 30 states.

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