Carrier profile · USDOT 3032736 · MC-40298 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

PKD Express LLC

DBA PKD EXPRESS

40 power unitsavg 7.1 yrNational · 29 statesGLEN ELYN, IL74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-40298 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

40Power units

50 observed · MCS-150

38Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.1Avg age (yr)

2006–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(630) 413-9669 Email dispatchpkdexpressllc@gmail.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 well above average52.3% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average7.1% vs the 6.7% national average.Multiple injury crashes7 crashes involving injuries are on 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 9 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2017.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo52.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo52.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Lessor pool

40 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.1 yr

Model years 2006–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

9 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2017 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

99 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 52.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 7.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 44 vehicle and 99 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

70.0% · 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 26.8 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

90 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 8

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

Registered power units: 40
Inspections · 24 mo: 99
Annualized: ≈50 / 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 Driving44 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 20 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 9 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 6 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 5 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 11 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 4 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 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: None

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 ’26 · 6 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Northland’17–’19

Security National’19–’20

State National’20–’24

Ms Transverse’24–’25

Ms Transverse’25–’26

201720202023now

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 · MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE USA INC. · since Mar 2026

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Jan 2026 → Mar 2026	$750K	1
MS TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2025 → Jan 2026	$750K	1
TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2024 → Jan 2024	$750K	1
MS TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2024 → Feb 2025	$750K	2
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Jan 2020 → Jan 2024	$750K	4
SECURITY NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2019 → Jan 2020	$750K	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2017 → Jan 2019	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 40
Observed power (24 mo): 50
Trailers (towed): 38

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.1 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2006

Oldest model yr

79.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 29 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

KY busiest

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

Home base

GLEN ELYN, IL

800 ROOSEVELT RD BLDG A STE355

Top corridor

KY ⇄ IL

KY 13 · TN 10 · MO 7

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: 9 trucks also ran under 9 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3843957 USDOT 3931905 USDOT 3188877 USDOT 3510413 USDOT 3396641 USDOT 4039140 USDOT 80806 USDOT 700721Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (69 trucks · 72 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3168296 USDOT 3478660 USDOT 3843957 USDOT 4243248 USDOT 154712 USDOT 2073146 USDOT 2301354 USDOT 3522582

Shares a company officer with other carriers

paola konomi — 2 carriers: USDOT 3765752

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: 800 ROOSEVELT RD BLDG A STE355, GLEN ELYN, IL, 60137
Mailing address: PO BOX 2275, GLEN ELLYN, IL, 60138
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (630) 413-9669
Email: pkdexpressllc@gmail.com

Registration

Officer: Paola Konomi
USDOT / docket: 3032736 · MC-40298
First registered: Jul 28, 2017
Last MCS-150: Jul 22, 2026 · 2,950,000 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

2,950,000

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 PKD EXPRESS LLC.

PKD EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 3032736) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 24, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 24, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE USA INC. effective Mar 10, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 24, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 52.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 24, 2026.

The carrier received 99 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 44 vehicle-level and 99 driver-level — across 29 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 24, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 24, 2026.

It reports 40 power units and 40 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 22, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jul 24, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is PKD EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number?

PKD EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number is 3032736, and its motor carrier number is MC-40298.

Is PKD EXPRESS LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 24, 2026, PKD EXPRESS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is PKD EXPRESS LLC's safety record?

PKD EXPRESS LLC has a 52.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 166 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is PKD EXPRESS LLC's fleet?

PKD EXPRESS LLC operates 40 power units and 40 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is PKD EXPRESS LLC based?

PKD EXPRESS LLC is based in GLEN ELYN, IL, with roadside inspections recorded across 29 states.

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