Carrier profile · USDOT 4055047 · MC-1537437 · Updated Sep 6, 2026
Knebs Hotshot LLC
5 power unitsavg 5.4 yrMulti-region · 8 statesFARRAGUT, TN93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1537437 ACTIVE
Network & Fraud
Reincarnation chains, shared-VIN links, common domains and officers, and owner-group affiliations — the chameleon / double-broker signals that name-and-USDOT lookups miss.
Last 12 months: 7 trucks also ran under 8 other carriers
VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3820069USDOT 3941113USDOT 4283643USDOT 3237775USDOT 3145282USDOT 4279366USDOT 1440220USDOT 3617842Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.
Show all-time history (16 trucks · 25 carriers)
Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3782248USDOT 3785648USDOT 3845309USDOT 3999658USDOT 4199860USDOT 3610811USDOT 3820069USDOT 3941113
Shares a company officer with other carriers
sergey botvinyev — 2 carriers: USDOT 4203987
Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units
Registered (MCS-150)55
Observed (24 mo)88
Shared w/ other carriers1717
Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.
Shared-VIN cross-links· units inspected under more than one USDOT
Owner / group view· confidence: officer
Owner / group view
Affiliated authorities
Collapses 2 related authorities · joined by officer
- Authorities
- 2
- Combined power
- 6
- States
- 1
- Oldest authority
- Apr 3, 2023
- Active now
- 1
- KNEBS HOTSHOT LLC· viewingUSDOT 40550475PU
- MEERO TRANSPORT INCUSDOT 42039871PU
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