Carrier profile · USDOT 26492 · MC-246509 · Updated Jul 29, 2026

Equipment Express Inc

33 power unitsavg 10.9 yrMulti-region · 11 statesAYR, ON100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-246509 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

33Power units

21 observed · MCS-150

55Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

10.9Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(800) 387-9791 Email dispatchbrians@equipmentexpress.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 29, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance 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 115 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo7.2%

▼ 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-mo7.2%

▼ 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

Asset-based

33 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

10.9 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

77 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 7.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 69 vehicle and 77 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 22.5 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

73 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 33-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 33
Inspections · 24 mo: 77
Annualized: ≈39 / 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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance2 · 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$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

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

$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 ’24 · 9 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

At Lloyds’99–’03

Lincoln General’03–’08

United States’09–’12

Northbridge Commercial’12–’17

Northbridge General’17–now

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · NORTHBRIDGE GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION · since Sep 2024

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NORTHBRIDGE GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION	Sep 2017 → Sep 2024	$750K	1
NORTHBRIDGE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE CORPORATION	Sep 2012 → Sep 2017	$750K	5
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2009 → Sep 2012	$750K	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Mar 2008 → Sep 2009	$750K	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2003 → Mar 2008	$750K	2
UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	Jan 1999 → Feb 2003	$750K	1
ZURICH INSURANCE CO.	May 1996 → Jan 1999	$750K	2
RANGER INS. CO./FAIRMONT SPECIALTY INS. CO.	Jan 1995 → Feb 1996	$750K	1
LEGION INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 1994 → Jan 1995	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 33
Observed power (24 mo): 21
Trailers (towed): 55

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

10.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

50.0%

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

NY busiest

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

Home base

AYR, ON

60 WANLESS CT

Top corridor

NY ⇄ ON

NY 60 · MD 5 · IN 3

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Shares a company officer with other carriers

john fitzpatrick — 8 carriers: USDOT 950300 USDOT 1768100 USDOT 2024683 USDOT 2327244 USDOT 2437837 USDOT 2631839 USDOT 3212487

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

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: 60 WANLESS CT, AYR, ON, N0B 1E0
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (800) 387-9791
Fax: (519) 740-8911
Email: brians@equipmentexpress.com
Web domain: equipmentexpress.com

Registration

Officer: John Fitzpatrick
USDOT / docket: 26492 · MC-246509
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Jan 24, 2025 · 853,692 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Sep 10, 1980
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

853,692

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 EQUIPMENT EXPRESS INC.

EQUIPMENT EXPRESS INC (USDOT 26492) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 29, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 29, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from NORTHBRIDGE GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION effective Sep 15, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 29, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 7.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 29, 2026.

The carrier received 77 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 69 vehicle-level and 77 driver-level — across 11 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 29, 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 Jul 29, 2026.

It reports 33 power units and 27 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 24, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Sep 10, 1980 in the federal record refreshed Jul 29, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is EQUIPMENT EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

EQUIPMENT EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 26492, and its motor carrier number is MC-246509.

Is EQUIPMENT EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 29, 2026, EQUIPMENT EXPRESS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is EQUIPMENT EXPRESS INC's safety record?

EQUIPMENT EXPRESS INC has a 7.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 115 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).