Carrier profile · USDOT 260968 · MC-184249 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Transco Lines Inc

565 power unitsavg 5.9 yrNational · 36 statesRUSSELLVILLE, AR77/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-184249 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

565Power units

543 observed · MCS-150

1,067Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.9Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(479) 967-5700 Email dispatchsafety@transcolines.com

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

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Vehicle out-of-service rate above average30.4% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record21 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.MCS-150 update dueThe biennial MCS-150 update is overdue.

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 41 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1985.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo30.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

54 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo30.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

54 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

565 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.9 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

41 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1985 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

1,298 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 30.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 657 vehicle and 1,298 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.0% · 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 2.0 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

1,237 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 69

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

≈1.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 565-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 565
Inspections · 24 mo: 1,298
Annualized: ≈649 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 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 Driving508 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance224 · 203 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance95 · 31 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance85 · 34 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance78 · 1 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance67 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance49 · 32 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance49 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance44 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 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: Active
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

$1M BIPD last filed ’13 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Sentry Select’93–’99

Lincoln General’02–’08

State Nationalspecialty’10–’13

National Interstate’13–now

1993200220112020now

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 · NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Feb 2019

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2013 → Feb 2013	$1M	4
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Mar 2010 → Feb 2013	$1M	2
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Mar 2008 → Mar 2010	$1M	2
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2002 → Mar 2008	$1M	3
CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO.	Mar 2000 → Mar 2002	$1M	2
HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	Mar 1999 → Mar 2000	$1M	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 1993 → Mar 1999	$1M	4

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 565
Observed power (24 mo): 543
Trailers (towed): 1067

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

55.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 36 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

1,290

TN busiest

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

Home base

RUSSELLVILLE, AR

401 N ARKANSAS AVE

Top corridor

TN ⇄ AR

TN 195 · MS 129 · AR 124

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: 83 trucks also ran under 29 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3519782 USDOT 3552171 USDOT 4101795 USDOT 3066928 USDOT 3222736 USDOT 2916198 USDOT 3443496 USDOT 1955762Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (99 trucks · 96 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3519782 USDOT 3552171 USDOT 3764641 USDOT 4101795 USDOT 898079 USDOT 3132231 USDOT 3743114 USDOT 4152559

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

565

Observed (24 mo)

543

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 401 N ARKANSAS AVE, RUSSELLVILLE, AR, 72801
Mailing address: PO BOX 1400, RUSSELLVILLE, AR, 72811
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (479) 967-5700
Email: safety@transcolines.com
Web domain: transcolines.com

Registration

Officers: Laura Wolfe · Travis Cooper
USDOT / docket: 260968 · MC-184249
First registered: Jun 19, 1985
Last MCS-150: Aug 1, 2024 · 69,883,128 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Dec 24, 2008
D-U-N-S: 156318768

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

565

Power units

655

Drivers

655

CDL drivers

69,883,128

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 TRANSCO LINES INC.

TRANSCO LINES INC (USDOT 260968) has a Vektor safety score of 77/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 18, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Feb 26, 2019 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 18, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 30.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier received 1,298 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 657 vehicle-level and 1,298 driver-level — across 36 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier has 54 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 21 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 18, 2026.

It reports 565 power units and 655 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 1, 2024.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Dec 24, 2008 in the federal record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TRANSCO LINES INC's USDOT number?

TRANSCO LINES INC's USDOT number is 260968, and its motor carrier number is MC-184249.

Is TRANSCO LINES INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 18, 2026, TRANSCO LINES INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is TRANSCO LINES INC's safety record?

TRANSCO LINES INC has a 30.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 2,168 roadside inspections, with 54 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 77/100 (tier: review).

How big is TRANSCO LINES INC's fleet?

TRANSCO LINES INC operates 565 power units and 655 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is TRANSCO LINES INC based?

TRANSCO LINES INC is based in RUSSELLVILLE, AR, with roadside inspections recorded across 36 states.

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