Carrier profile · USDOT 272811 · MC-177994 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Transport Designs Inc

95 power unitsavg 9.8 yrNational · 25 statesSAVAGE, MN63/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-177994 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

95Power units

88 observed · MCS-150

143Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.8Avg age (yr)

2004–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(952) 894-8242 Email dispatchdkrumwiede@transportdesigninc.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

High risk

Multiple serious issues on the federal record. Verify directly before any tender.

Watch · 3

No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Vehicle out-of-service rate above average29.5% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record8 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 1

Established 40 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1986.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo29.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

8 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo29.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

8 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

95 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9.8 yr

Model years 2004–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

40 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1986 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

193 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 29.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 95 vehicle and 193 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.4% · 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 2.9 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

179 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 19

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

≈1.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 95-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 95
Inspections · 24 mo: 193
Annualized: ≈97 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.0 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 Driving96 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance55 · 52 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance35 · 11 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance30 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 4 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 10 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Inactive
Contract: Inactive
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD filing (census)Not recorded per census

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’26 · 6 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

American’95–’98

Great West’10–’20

Great West’22–’26

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 8 insurers are named in the list below.

This timeline is the FMCSA filing history, and it ends at the most recent superseded filing — current policy status is not tracked here. Request a certificate of insurance to confirm active coverage before tendering.

All 8 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jul 2022 → Feb 2026	$1M	2
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2020 → Jul 2022	$1M	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jul 2010 → Jul 2020	$1M	3
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2002 → Jul 2002	$1M	2
CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.	Jul 2000 → Jul 2002	$1M	1
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jul 1998 → Jul 2000	$1M	1
THE AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.	Aug 1995 → Aug 1998	$1M	1
FIRST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AM	Sep 1994 → Sep 1995	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 95
Observed power (24 mo): 88
Trailers (towed): 143

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.8 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2004

Oldest model yr

72.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 25 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

192

MN busiest

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

Home base

SAVAGE, MN

4200 EGAN DRIVE

Top corridor

MN 25 · UT 22 · CA 21

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: 14 trucks also ran under 14 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4047973 USDOT 3422971 USDOT 3992723 USDOT 4364460 USDOT 186725 USDOT 3303954 USDOT 3630214 USDOT 3582194Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (73 trucks · 55 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3860157 USDOT 4238796 USDOT 4317086 USDOT 214440 USDOT 853967 USDOT 1539823 USDOT 188932 USDOT 3630214

Shares a company officer with other carriers

eric valder — 3 carriers: USDOT 493936 USDOT 908168

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: 4200 EGAN DRIVE, SAVAGE, MN, 55378
Mailing address: PO BOX 43, SAVAGE, MN, 55378
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (952) 894-8242
Fax: (952) 890-8192
Email: dkrumwiede@transportdesigninc.com
Web domain: transportdesigninc.com

Registration

Officers: Eric Valder · Brian Slipka
USDOT / docket: 272811 · MC-177994
First registered: May 9, 1986
Last MCS-150: Jan 9, 2025 · 11,912,367 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Dec 29, 2009
D-U-N-S: 160685624

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

11,912,367

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 TRANSPORT DESIGNS INC.

TRANSPORT DESIGNS INC (USDOT 272811) has a Vektor safety score of 63/100 and a High risk verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 29.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 193 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 95 vehicle-level and 193 driver-level — across 25 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 8 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 8 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 95 power units and 95 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 9, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Dec 29, 2009 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TRANSPORT DESIGNS INC's USDOT number?

TRANSPORT DESIGNS INC's USDOT number is 272811, and its motor carrier number is MC-177994.

Is TRANSPORT DESIGNS INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, TRANSPORT DESIGNS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is TRANSPORT DESIGNS INC's safety record?

TRANSPORT DESIGNS INC has a 29.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 470 roadside inspections, with 8 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 63/100 (tier: high_risk).

How big is TRANSPORT DESIGNS INC's fleet?

TRANSPORT DESIGNS INC operates 95 power units and 95 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is TRANSPORT DESIGNS INC based?

TRANSPORT DESIGNS INC is based in SAVAGE, MN, with roadside inspections recorded across 25 states.

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