Carrier profile · USDOT 2841357 · MC-951626 · Updated Aug 30, 2026

JS Transportation Services LLC

DBA JOSEPH SMITH

7 power unitsavg 7.9 yrRegional · 5 statesROLLING PRAIRIE, IN100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-951626 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

7Power units

8 observed · MCS-150

9Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.9Avg age (yr)

2004–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(219) 363-6768 Email dispatchjoesmith11@comcast.net

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 30, 2026

Clear to load

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

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

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 11 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2016.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 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

7 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.9 yr

Model years 2004–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

10 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2016 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

14 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 0.0%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 — 4 vehicle and 14 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. One window of data — no trend yet. 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 2

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 7-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 7
Inspections · 24 mo: 14
Annualized: ≈7 / 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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 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: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 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

$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

$750K BIPD last filed ’22 · 3 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Progressive Southeastern’16–’18

Progressive Southeastern’18–’19

Occidental Fire’19–’21

Progressive Southeastern’21–’22

beyond this history

2016201920222025now

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

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Aug 2022

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2021 → Aug 2022	$750K	1
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Aug 2019 → Aug 2021	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2018 → Aug 2019	$750K	6
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Feb 2018 → Jun 2018	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2016 → Feb 2018	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 7
Observed power (24 mo): 8
Trailers (towed): 9

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.9 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

2004

Oldest model yr

23.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 5 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

IN busiest

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

Home base

ROLLING PRAIRIE, IN

2945 EAST STATE ROAD 2

Top corridor

IN 7 · OH 4 · NY 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

Show all-time history (2 trucks · 2 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2583063 USDOT 3313321

Shares a company officer with other carriers

rodney allen — 9 carriers: USDOT 1873351 USDOT 2106554 USDOT 2922078 USDOT 3312029 USDOT 3321766 USDOT 3618386 USDOT 3934256 USDOT 4336128

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: 2945 EAST STATE ROAD 2, ROLLING PRAIRIE, IN, 46371
Mailing address: PO BOX 428, LAPORTE, IN, 46352
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (219) 363-6768
Cell: (561) 632-7098
Email: joesmith11@comcast.net

Registration

Officers: Rodney Allen · Joseph Smith
USDOT / docket: 2841357 · MC-951626
First registered: Jan 21, 2016
Last MCS-150: Aug 26, 2026 · 492,004 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

492,004

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

Aug 27, 2026Authority history changeMotor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
Aug 27, 2026Carrier record changeActive · Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
Aug 27, 2026Insurance history changeBIPD · 750000
Aug 27, 2026Insurance history changeBIPD · 750000
Aug 27, 2026Insurance history changeBIPD · 750000
Aug 27, 2026Insurance history changeBIPD · Aug 7, 2018 · 750000
Aug 27, 2026Insurance history changeBIPD · 750000
Aug 27, 2026Insurance history changeBIPD · 750000

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Aug 27, 2026Insurance history changeBIPD · Oct 30, 2018 · 750000
Aug 27, 2026Insurance history changeBIPD · 750000
Aug 27, 2026Insurance history changeBIPD · 750000
Aug 27, 2026Insurance history changeBIPD · 750000
Aug 27, 2026Insurance history changeBIPD · 750000
Aug 27, 2026Insurance history changeBIPD · Jul 23, 2018 · 1000000
Aug 27, 2026Insurance history changeBIPD · 1000000

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for JS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC.

JS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC (USDOT 2841357) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 30, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Aug 16, 2022 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 30, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 0.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier received 14 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 4 vehicle-level and 14 driver-level — across 5 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 30, 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 30, 2026.

It reports 7 power units and 7 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 26, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is JS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC's USDOT number?

JS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC's USDOT number is 2841357, and its motor carrier number is MC-951626.

Is JS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 30, 2026, JS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is JS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC's safety record?

JS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC has a 0.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 16 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).

How big is JS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC's fleet?

JS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC operates 7 power units and 7 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is JS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC based?

JS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC is based in ROLLING PRAIRIE, IN, with roadside inspections recorded across 5 states.

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