Carrier profile · USDOT 589271 · MC-286746 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Elite Carriers LLC

70 power unitsavg 4.8 yrNational · 16 statesMERRILL, WI77/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-286746 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

70Power units

25 observed · MCS-150

31Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.8Avg age (yr)

2015–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(715) 536-5454 Email dispatchdispatchgroup1@elitecarriers.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 above average29.4% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record3 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.MCS-150 update dueThe biennial MCS-150 update is overdue.

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 1995.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo29.4%

▲ 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-mo29.4%

▲ 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

Small fleet

70 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.8 yr

Model years 2015–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

31 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1995 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

32 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 29.4%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 — 17 vehicle and 32 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.7% · 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 3.1 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 6

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 70-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 70
Inspections · 24 mo: 32
Annualized: ≈16 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.2 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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 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

$1M BIPD last filed ’25 · 3 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Great West’95–’05

Liberty Fire’05–’08

Great West’08–’18

Integrity’18–now

1995200320112019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 4 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · INTEGRITY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Apr 2025

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
INTEGRITY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2018 → May 2025	$1M	4
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Sep 2008 → Sep 2018	$1M	1
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2005 → Sep 2008	$1M	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Mar 1995 → Sep 2005	$1M	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 70
Observed power (24 mo): 25
Trailers (towed): 31

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.8 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2015

Oldest model yr

44.6%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 16 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

WI busiest

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

Home base

MERRILL, WI

N1545 COUNTY RD W

Top corridor

WI 7 · NY 4 · IN 2

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 (41 trucks · 7 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1971252 USDOT 2380947 USDOT 2398950 USDOT 1842283 USDOT 3609859 USDOT 2576552 USDOT 2331846

Shares a company officer with other carriers

kirk ecklund — 2 carriers: USDOT 1098480

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: N1545 COUNTY RD W, MERRILL, WI, 54452
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (715) 536-5454
Fax: (715) 539-0392
Email: dispatchgroup1@elitecarriers.com
Web domain: elitecarriers.com

Registration

Officers: Kirk Ecklund · Judy Schraufnagel
USDOT / docket: 589271 · MC-286746
First registered: Feb 3, 1995
Last MCS-150: May 21, 2024 · 7,438,408 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Sep 18, 2014
D-U-N-S: 120634287

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

7,438,408

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 ELITE CARRIERS LLC.

ELITE CARRIERS LLC (USDOT 589271) has a Vektor safety score of 77/100 and a Review before loading 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 INTEGRITY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Apr 30, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 29.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 32 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 17 vehicle-level and 32 driver-level — across 16 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 3 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 70 power units and 70 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 21, 2024.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Sep 18, 2014 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ELITE CARRIERS LLC's USDOT number?

ELITE CARRIERS LLC's USDOT number is 589271, and its motor carrier number is MC-286746.

Is ELITE CARRIERS LLC authorized to operate?

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

What is ELITE CARRIERS LLC's safety record?

ELITE CARRIERS LLC has a 29.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 83 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 77/100 (tier: review).

How big is ELITE CARRIERS LLC's fleet?

ELITE CARRIERS LLC operates 70 power units and 70 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is ELITE CARRIERS LLC based?

ELITE CARRIERS LLC is based in MERRILL, WI, with roadside inspections recorded across 16 states.

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