Carrier profile · USDOT 3597601 · MC-1220819 · Updated Aug 16, 2026

August Transportation Inc

1 power unitavg 11.3 yrMulti-region · 10 statesTEA, SD68/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1220819 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

1Power units

12 observed · MCS-150

8Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

11.3Avg age (yr)

2006–2020 · vPIC

Call dispatch(605) 900-6741 Email dispatchAUGUSTTRANSPORTATIONINC@GMAIL.COM

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

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No insurance on fileActive authority but no BIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average37.5% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.

In good standing · 2

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Established 5 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2021.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)Not on file

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo37.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)Not on file

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo37.5%

▲ 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

Owner-operator

1 power unit. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

11.3 yr

Model years 2006–2020 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

5 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2021 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

16 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 37.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 50.0 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

16 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 4

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

≈8.0 / 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: 1
Inspections · 24 mo: 16
Annualized: ≈8 / yr
Coverage: ≈8.0 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.

395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 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 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

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 7 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Great West’21–’22

Berkshire Hathaway’22–’23

United Financial’23–’24

Acuity A’25–’25

Canal’25–’26

202120232025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 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 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2025 → May 2026	$750K	1
GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2025 → Oct 2025	$750K	1
ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2025 → Oct 2025	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Oct 2024 → Apr 2025	$750K	2
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Aug 2023 → Oct 2024	$750K	2
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2022 → Aug 2022	$750K	1
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	Aug 2022 → Aug 2023	$750K	3
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Aug 2021 → Aug 2022	$750K	1
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Apr 2021 → Aug 2021	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 1
Observed power (24 mo): 12
Trailers (towed): 8

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

11.3 yr

Average age

2020

Newest model yr

2006

Oldest model yr

75.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 10 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

SD busiest

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

Home base

TEA, SD

115 LINDA AVE STE 1

Top corridor

SD 4 · KY 2 · MN 2

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: 8 trucks also ran under 5 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3188984 USDOT 3389570 USDOT 3913565 USDOT 3394605 USDOT 3288985Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (18 trucks · 12 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2051193 USDOT 2539927 USDOT 3188984 USDOT 3389570 USDOT 236361 USDOT 3913565 USDOT 3288985 USDOT 3210589

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

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: 115 LINDA AVE STE 1, TEA, SD, 57068
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (605) 900-6741
Email: augusttransportationinc@gmail.com

Registration

Officer: Travis Pierce
USDOT / docket: 3597601 · MC-1220819
First registered: Mar 25, 2021
Last MCS-150: Oct 21, 2025 · 101,224 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 7.69
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

101,224

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 AUGUST TRANSPORTATION INC.

AUGUST TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 3597601) has a Vektor safety score of 68/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 16, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 16, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available as of Aug 16, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 37.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 16, 2026.

The carrier received 16 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 8 vehicle-level and 16 driver-level — across 10 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 16, 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 Aug 16, 2026.

It reports 1 power unit and 1 driver in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 21, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 16, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is AUGUST TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

AUGUST TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 3597601, and its motor carrier number is MC-1220819.

Is AUGUST TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 16, 2026, AUGUST TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is AUGUST TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

AUGUST TRANSPORTATION INC has a 37.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 17 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 68/100 (tier: review).

How big is AUGUST TRANSPORTATION INC's fleet?

AUGUST TRANSPORTATION INC operates 1 power unit and 1 driver per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is AUGUST TRANSPORTATION INC based?

AUGUST TRANSPORTATION INC is based in TEA, SD, with roadside inspections recorded across 10 states.

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