Carrier profile · USDOT 1297451 · MC-501819 · Updated Aug 7, 2026

Dedicated Express LLC

DBA DEDICATED EXPRESS

30 power unitsavg 12 yrRegional · 5 statesAMARILLO, TX74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-501819 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

30Power units

64 observed · MCS-150

62Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

12.0Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(806) 220-0524 Email dispatchsafety@dedicatedexpress.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 7, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average47.5% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record2 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's 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 22 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2004.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo47.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

14 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo47.5%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

14 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

30 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

12 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

21 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2004 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

100 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 47.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 80 vehicle and 100 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

45.8% · 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 13.7 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

99 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 9

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

≈1.7 / 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: 30
Inspections · 24 mo: 100
Annualized: ≈50 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.7 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance86 · 11 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving43 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance29 · 11 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 16 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance25 · 9 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance20 · 1 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 4 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$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 ’26 · 10 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Great West’04–’08

Home State’12–’15

Occidental Fire’14–’16

Protective’18–’21

Great West’22–’26

2004201020162022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · WORTH INSURANCE CO · since May 2026

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
TEXAS INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2026 → May 2026	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jan 2022 → Feb 2026	$750K	1
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2021 → Jan 2022	$750K	1
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2018 → Feb 2021	$750K	1
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2017 → Mar 2018	$750K	3
WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2016 → Aug 2017	$750K	1
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Dec 2014 → Dec 2016	$750K	1
HOME STATE COUNTY MUTUAL INS. CO.	Dec 2012 → Jan 2015	$750K	2
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2009 → Nov 2010	$750K	3
EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2008 → Nov 2009	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Oct 2004 → Nov 2008	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 30
Observed power (24 mo): 64
Trailers (towed): 62

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

12.0 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

52.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 5 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

100

TX busiest

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

Home base

AMARILLO, TX

3300 S FM 1258

Top corridor

TX 51 · LA 43 · NM 4

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: 6 trucks also ran under 6 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 975449 USDOT 3254331 USDOT 1080260 USDOT 3049633 USDOT 3814211 USDOT 3537190Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (80 trucks · 82 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2383172 USDOT 2633512 USDOT 3601721 USDOT 3626799 USDOT 3802724 USDOT 3105922 USDOT 1330397 USDOT 2131616

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@rockingtinc.com — 4 carriers: USDOT 975449 USDOT 2341738 USDOT 3242972

Shares a company officer with other carriers

jordanna crump — 2 carriers: USDOT 4459103

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: 3300 S FM 1258, AMARILLO, TX, 79118
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (806) 220-0524
Email: safety@dedicatedexpress.com
Web domain: dedicatedexpress.com

Registration

Officers: Karli Braughton · Brent Schilling
USDOT / docket: 1297451 · MC-501819
First registered: Oct 21, 2004
Last MCS-150: Aug 5, 2026 · 950,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Nov 2, 2012
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

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 DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC.

DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 1297451) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 7, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 7, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from WORTH INSURANCE CO effective May 1, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 7, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 47.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 7, 2026.

The carrier received 100 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 80 vehicle-level and 100 driver-level — across 5 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 7, 2026.

The carrier has 14 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 7, 2026.

It reports 30 power units and 50 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 5, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Nov 2, 2012 in the federal record refreshed Aug 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number?

DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number is 1297451, and its motor carrier number is MC-501819.

Is DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 7, 2026, DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC's safety record?

DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC has a 47.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 144 roadside inspections, with 14 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC's fleet?

DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC operates 30 power units and 50 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC based?

DEDICATED EXPRESS LLC is based in AMARILLO, TX, with roadside inspections recorded across 5 states.

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