Carrier profile · USDOT 1997498 · MC-890391 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Triple J Transfer LLC

12 power unitsavg 7.5 yrMulti-region · 15 statesWESTMINSTER, MD87/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-890391 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

12Power units

12 observed · MCS-150

14Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.5Avg age (yr)

2003–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(443) 992-0782 Email dispatchtriplejtransfer@aol.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 average28.6% vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average7.1% vs the 6.7% national average.

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 17 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2010.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo28.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo28.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

12 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.5 yr

Model years 2003–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

16 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2010 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

28 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 28.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 7.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 14 vehicle and 28 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 33.6 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

28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 3

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

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 12-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 12
Inspections · 24 mo: 28
Annualized: ≈14 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 3 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)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 ’26 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Great West’15–’20

Progressive’20–’22

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 · NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jan 2026

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2025 → Jan 2026	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2024 → Jan 2025	$750K	1
FALLS LAKE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2023 → Jan 2024	$750K	1
FREEDOM SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2022 → Jan 2023	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2020 → Jan 2022	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Oct 2015 → Jan 2020	$750K	2
DAILY UNDERWRITERS OF AMERICA	Oct 2014 → Oct 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): 12
Observed power (24 mo): 12
Trailers (towed): 14

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.5 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2003

Oldest model yr

61.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 15 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

MD busiest

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

Home base

WESTMINSTER, MD

2810 NICODEMUS RD

Top corridor

MD 7 · MA 3 · OH 3

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: 2 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3929206 USDOT 1997598Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (7 trucks · 9 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1079241 USDOT 1133842 USDOT 1997598 USDOT 2813212 USDOT 349869 USDOT 1011818 USDOT 216419 USDOT 2383012

Shares a company officer with other carriers

joshua bates — 4 carriers: USDOT 1822049 USDOT 3175723 USDOT 4272252

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: 2810 NICODEMUS RD, WESTMINSTER, MD, 21157
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (443) 992-0782
Email: triplejtransfer@aol.com

Registration

Officer: Joshua Bates
USDOT / docket: 1997498 · MC-890391
First registered: Feb 19, 2010
Last MCS-150: Mar 20, 2026 · 833,039 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: 55340495

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

833,039

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 TRIPLE J TRANSFER LLC.

TRIPLE J TRANSFER LLC (USDOT 1997498) 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 NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jan 27, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 28.6% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 28 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 14 vehicle-level and 28 driver-level — across 15 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 0 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 12 power units and 9 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 20, 2026.

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

Frequently asked

What is TRIPLE J TRANSFER LLC's USDOT number?

TRIPLE J TRANSFER LLC's USDOT number is 1997498, and its motor carrier number is MC-890391.

Is TRIPLE J TRANSFER LLC authorized to operate?

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

What is TRIPLE J TRANSFER LLC's safety record?

TRIPLE J TRANSFER LLC has a 28.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 45 roadside inspections, with 0 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 TRIPLE J TRANSFER LLC's fleet?

TRIPLE J TRANSFER LLC operates 12 power units and 9 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is TRIPLE J TRANSFER LLC based?

TRIPLE J TRANSFER LLC is based in WESTMINSTER, MD, with roadside inspections recorded across 15 states.

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