Carrier profile · USDOT 553806 · MC-274007 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Jose Hernandez

DBA JOE & SON'S TRUCKING

6 power unitsavg 14.5 yrLocal · 2 statesULYSSES, KS93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-274007 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

6Power units

3 observed · MCS-150

3Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

14.5Avg age (yr)

2000–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(620) 356-4928 Email dispatchjoe_n_sons@hotmail.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Clear to load

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

Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.0% vs the 22.26% national average.

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 32 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1994.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 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-mo25.0%

▲ 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

6 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

14.5 yr

Model years 2000–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

32 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1994 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

5 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 25.0%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 5 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 16.7 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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 6-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 6
Inspections · 24 mo: 5
Annualized: ≈3 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
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 ’21 · 10 insurers · 3 lapsesCoverage lapse

Progressive Northwestern’01–’04

Canal’04–’07

Oak River’08–’12

National’14–’18

United Financial’18–’21

beyond this history

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 14 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Jan 2021

All 14 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jan 2018 → Jan 2021	$750K	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jan 2014 → Jan 2018	$750K	3
OAK RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2013 → Jan 2014	$750K	2
OAK RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2008 → Jan 2012	$750K	5
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jan 2007 → Jan 2007	$750K	2
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2004 → Jan 2007	$750K	3
PROGRESSIVE NORTHWESTERN INS. CO.	Jan 2001 → Jan 2004	$750K	3
EVERGREEN NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Jan 1999 → Jan 2001	$750K	2
GUARANTY NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 1998 → Jan 1998	$750K	2
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS & MERC. REASS. CO.	Jan 1997 → Jan 1998	$750K	1
CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	Jan 1996 → Jan 1997	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE NORTHWESTERN INS. CO.	Apr 1995 → Jan 1996	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 1995 → Apr 1995	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jun 1994 → Jan 1995	$750K	1

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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): 3
Trailers (towed): 3

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

14.5 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

33.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

KS busiest

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

Home base

ULYSSES, KS

1944 HERNANDEZ AVE

Top corridor

KS 4 · TX 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 2195030 USDOT 3309771

Shares a company officer with other carriers

jose hernandez — 283 carriers: USDOT 441832 USDOT 650157 USDOT 752874 USDOT 769915 USDOT 836407 USDOT 859906 USDOT 926750 USDOT 947983

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1944 HERNANDEZ AVE, ULYSSES, KS, 67880
Mailing address: PO BOX 111, ULYSSES, KS, 67880
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (620) 356-4928
Fax: (620) 356-2767
Email: joe_n_sons@hotmail.com

Registration

Officers: Jose Hernandez · Lupe Hernandez
USDOT / docket: 553806 · MC-274007
First registered: Mar 17, 1994
Last MCS-150: Feb 18, 2026 · 327,385 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Conditional · Feb 14, 2007
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

327,385

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 JOSE HERNANDEZ.

JOSE HERNANDEZ (USDOT 553806) has a Vektor safety score of 93/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Jan 9, 2021 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 5 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 4 vehicle-level and 5 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 6 power units and 6 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Feb 18, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Conditional assigned Feb 14, 2007 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is JOSE HERNANDEZ's USDOT number?

JOSE HERNANDEZ's USDOT number is 553806, and its motor carrier number is MC-274007.

Is JOSE HERNANDEZ authorized to operate?

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

What is JOSE HERNANDEZ's safety record?

JOSE HERNANDEZ has a 25.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 9 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Conditional" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 93/100 (tier: clear).

How big is JOSE HERNANDEZ's fleet?

JOSE HERNANDEZ operates 6 power units and 6 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is JOSE HERNANDEZ based?

JOSE HERNANDEZ is based in ULYSSES, KS, with roadside inspections recorded across 2 states.

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