Carrier profile · USDOT 220174 · MC-211154 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Allan & Dean Erlbacher

DBA ERLBACHER BROTHERS TRUCKING

42 power unitsavg 7.3 yrMulti-region · 11 statesDEFIANCE, IA81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-211154 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

42Power units

28 observed · MCS-150

47Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.3Avg age (yr)

1999–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(712) 747-6632 Email dispatchebi@fmctc.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 average32.0% vs the 22.26% national average.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.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 44 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1982.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo32.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo32.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

42 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.3 yr

Model years 1999–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

44 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1982 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

70 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 32.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 25 vehicle and 70 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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

68 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 7

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

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 42-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 42
Inspections · 24 mo: 70
Annualized: ≈35 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 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 Driving63 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 8 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 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: Active
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 ’16 · 4 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Continental Western’90–’98

Wilshire’00–’05

Continental Western’05–’09

Acuity A’09–now

1990199920082017now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY · since Sep 2016

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2009 → Sep 2016	$750K	1
CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2005 → Sep 2009	$750K	2
WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2000 → Sep 2005	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Aug 1998 → Sep 2000	$750K	2
CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	Aug 1990 → Aug 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): 42
Observed power (24 mo): 28
Trailers (towed): 47

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.3 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

56.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 11 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

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

DEFIANCE, IA

3329 EARLING ROAD

Top corridor

IA 32 · MO 10 · NE 9

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 1119298 USDOT 4129584Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (16 trucks · 14 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3874156 USDOT 4271569 USDOT 303024 USDOT 4292879 USDOT 4069373 USDOT 4208773 USDOT 290983 USDOT 623098

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@fmctc.com — 68 carriers: USDOT 53290 USDOT 73819 USDOT 225030 USDOT 243901 USDOT 376560 USDOT 446088 USDOT 523860 USDOT 524884

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: 3329 EARLING ROAD, DEFIANCE, IA, 51527
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (712) 747-6632
Fax: (712) 747-2369
Email: ebi@fmctc.com
Web domain: fmctc.com

Registration

Officers: Dean Erlbacher · Allan Erlbacher
USDOT / docket: 220174 · MC-211154
First registered: Aug 9, 1982
Last MCS-150: May 7, 2026 · 2,661,634 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Apr 13, 2017
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,661,634

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 ALLAN & DEAN ERLBACHER.

ALLAN & DEAN ERLBACHER (USDOT 220174) 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 contract 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 ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY effective Sep 1, 2016 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 32.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 70 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 25 vehicle-level and 70 driver-level — across 11 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 42 power units and 42 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 7, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Apr 13, 2017 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ALLAN & DEAN ERLBACHER's USDOT number?

ALLAN & DEAN ERLBACHER's USDOT number is 220174, and its motor carrier number is MC-211154.

Is ALLAN & DEAN ERLBACHER authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, ALLAN & DEAN ERLBACHER is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is ALLAN & DEAN ERLBACHER's safety record?

ALLAN & DEAN ERLBACHER has a 32.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 97 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is ALLAN & DEAN ERLBACHER's fleet?

ALLAN & DEAN ERLBACHER operates 42 power units and 42 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is ALLAN & DEAN ERLBACHER based?

ALLAN & DEAN ERLBACHER is based in DEFIANCE, IA, with roadside inspections recorded across 11 states.

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