Carrier profile · USDOT 3199716 · MC-164204 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Spear Logistics LLC

6 power unitsavg 7.8 yrNational · 39 statesCLINTON, IA87/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-164204 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

6Power units

65 observed · MCS-150

55Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.8Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(563) 231-5200 Email dispatchsafety@spearlogistics.us

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 30, 2026

Clear to load

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average29.7% vs the 22.26% national average.Multiple injury crashes3 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 8 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2018.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo29.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

6 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo29.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

6 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

6 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.8 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

7 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2018 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

128 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 29.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 74 vehicle and 128 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 15.8 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

124 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 12

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈10.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 6
Inspections · 24 mo: 128
Annualized: ≈64 / yr
Coverage: ≈10.7 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 Driving160 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance60 · 38 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance55 · 10 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 5 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 5 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 8 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 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$750,000 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

$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 ’25 · 5 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

National Continental’18–’22

Sentry Select’23–’24

2018202020222024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 7 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC · since Nov 2025

All 7 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2025 → Nov 2025	$750K	1
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2025 → Sep 2025	$750K	1
MILFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2024 → Mar 2025	$750K	3
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2023 → Nov 2024	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2023 → Nov 2023	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2022 → Nov 2022	$750K	3
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2018 → Nov 2022	$750K	14

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 6
Observed power (24 mo): 65
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

7.8 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

86.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 39 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

128

TN busiest

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

Home base

CLINTON, IA

215 6TH AVENUE S SUITE 1

Top corridor

TN ⇄ IA

TN 11 · OH 10 · MT 8

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: 24 trucks also ran under 11 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3639954 USDOT 3787809 USDOT 3927167 USDOT 1102122 USDOT 2790763 USDOT 1928967 USDOT 2885047 USDOT 4498120Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (100 trucks · 129 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 473115 USDOT 2069796 USDOT 2960200 USDOT 3560094 USDOT 2931777 USDOT 3520413 USDOT 4111363 USDOT 4306268

Shares a company officer with other carriers

john mataija — 3 carriers: USDOT 1438664 USDOT 1438669

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 215 6TH AVENUE S SUITE 1, CLINTON, IA, 52732
Mailing address: 136 5TH AVE S UNIT 104, CLINTON, IA, 52732
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (563) 231-5200
Email: safety@spearlogistics.us
Web domain: spearlogistics.us

Registration

Officer: John Mataija
USDOT / docket: 3199716 · MC-164204
First registered: Oct 12, 2018
Last MCS-150: Jan 1, 2026 · 2,200,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Conditional · May 6, 2026
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,200,000

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 SPEAR LOGISTICS LLC.

SPEAR LOGISTICS LLC (USDOT 3199716) has a Vektor safety score of 87/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

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

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC effective Nov 3, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 29.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier received 128 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 74 vehicle-level and 128 driver-level — across 39 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier has 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 30, 2026.

It reports 6 power units and 6 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 1, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Conditional assigned May 6, 2026 in the federal record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SPEAR LOGISTICS LLC's USDOT number?

SPEAR LOGISTICS LLC's USDOT number is 3199716, and its motor carrier number is MC-164204.

Is SPEAR LOGISTICS LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 30, 2026, SPEAR LOGISTICS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SPEAR LOGISTICS LLC's safety record?

SPEAR LOGISTICS LLC has a 29.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 272 roadside inspections, with 6 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Conditional" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 87/100 (tier: clear).

How big is SPEAR LOGISTICS LLC's fleet?

SPEAR LOGISTICS LLC operates 6 power units and 6 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is SPEAR LOGISTICS LLC based?

SPEAR LOGISTICS LLC is based in CLINTON, IA, with roadside inspections recorded across 39 states.

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