Carrier profile · USDOT 2385361 · MC-275363 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Grade a Transport Inc

3 power unitsavg 8.6 yrRegional · 6 statesHUNTINGBURG, IN94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-275363 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

3Power units

5 observed · MCS-150

6Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.6Avg age (yr)

1997–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(812) 683-1994 Email dispatchdispatch@gradeagroup.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

Clear to load

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

Watch · 1

Driver out-of-service rate above average11.1% vs the 6.7% 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 13 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2013.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo16.7%

▼ 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-mo16.7%

▼ 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

Owner-operator

3 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.6 yr

Model years 1997–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

13 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2013 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

9 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 11.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 9 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 2.7 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

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 3-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 3
Inspections · 24 mo: 9
Annualized: ≈5 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.5 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 Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 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: Active
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 ’23 · 11 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Sentry Select’94–’97

Great West’04–’09

Star’09–’12

Selective South’15–’20

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 13 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Aug 2023

All 13 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2021 → Aug 2023	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2020 → Aug 2021	$750K	1
SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	Aug 2015 → Aug 2020	$750K	3
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Aug 2014 → Aug 2015	$750K	1
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2012 → Aug 2014	$750K	12
STAR INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2009 → Jul 2012	$750K	3
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jun 2004 → Jul 2009	$750K	3
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Jun 2002 → Jun 2004	$750K	3
EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2001 → Jun 2002	$750K	2
BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2000 → Aug 2001	$750K	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Aug 1999 → Aug 2000	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Aug 1997 → Aug 1999	$750K	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 1994 → Aug 1997	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 3
Observed power (24 mo): 5
Trailers (towed): 6

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.6 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

45.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 6 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

IN busiest

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

Home base

HUNTINGBURG, IN

1407 INDUSTRIAL PARK DR

Top corridor

IN 3 · MO 2 · KY 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 (4 trucks · 5 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1760032 USDOT 3105580 USDOT 3351859 USDOT 3985843 USDOT 4362049

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@gradeagroup.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 3832889 USDOT 4377778

Shares a company officer with other carriers

greg rickelman — 2 carriers: USDOT 4377778

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: 1407 INDUSTRIAL PARK DR, HUNTINGBURG, IN, 47542
Mailing address: PO BOX 45, HUNTINGBURG, IN, 47542
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (812) 683-1994
Fax: (812) 618-0887
Email: dispatch@gradeagroup.com
Web domain: gradeagroup.com

Registration

Officer: Greg Rickelman
USDOT / docket: 2385361 · MC-275363
First registered: Mar 8, 2013
Last MCS-150: Nov 25, 2025 · 589,016 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 1.87
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

589,016

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 GRADE A TRANSPORT INC.

GRADE A TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 2385361) has a Vektor safety score of 94/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Aug 21, 2023 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 16.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 9 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 6 vehicle-level and 9 driver-level — across 6 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 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 Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 3 power units and 4 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Nov 25, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is GRADE A TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

GRADE A TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 2385361, and its motor carrier number is MC-275363.

Is GRADE A TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, GRADE A TRANSPORT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is GRADE A TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

GRADE A TRANSPORT INC has a 16.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 19 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 94/100 (tier: clear).

How big is GRADE A TRANSPORT INC's fleet?

GRADE A TRANSPORT INC operates 3 power units and 4 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is GRADE A TRANSPORT INC based?

GRADE A TRANSPORT INC is based in HUNTINGBURG, IN, with roadside inspections recorded across 6 states.

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