Carrier profile · USDOT 706981 · MC-326661 · Updated Aug 23, 2026

Robert L Gast Inc

182 power unitsavg 2.2 yrNational · 48 statesMATTHEWS, NC74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-326661 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

182Power units

241 observed · MCS-150

341Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

2.2Avg age (yr)

2014–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(630) 716-1600 Email dispatchSAFETY@ROBERTGASTINC.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 well above average38.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average12.9% vs the 6.7% national average.Multiple injury crashes7 crashes involving injuries are on 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 29 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1997.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)On file

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo38.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

9 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)On file

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo38.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

9 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Lessor pool

182 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

2.2 yr

Model years 2014–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

28 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1997 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

490 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 38.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 12.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 242 vehicle and 490 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.7% · 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 6.1 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

490 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 71

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

≈1.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 182-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 182
Inspections · 24 mo: 490
Annualized: ≈245 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.3 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 Driving180 · 1 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance178 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance159 · 40 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance95 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance66 · 50 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance47 · 10 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance44 · 2 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 7 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 / liabilityNo active filing in current snapshot

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’26 · 9 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Lincoln General’97–’00

Northland’05–’09

National’14–’17

1997200520132021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 17 insurers are named in the list below.

No active BIPD filing in FMCSA's current snapshot.

All 17 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2026 → Apr 2026	$1M	1
GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2025 → Mar 2026	$1M	2
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jun 2025 → Nov 2025	$1M	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2023 → Jun 2025	$1M	1
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jun 2022 → Jun 2023	$1M	2
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2020 → Jul 2022	$1M	2
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Aug 2019 → Aug 2019	$1M	3
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Feb 2014 → May 2017	$1M	3
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2013 → Feb 2014	$1M	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2012 → Feb 2013	$1M	4
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2009 → Feb 2012	$1M	8
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2005 → Oct 2009	$1M	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2004 → Jan 2005	$1M	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2002 → Jan 2004	$1M	5
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2001 → Jul 2002	$1M	2
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2000 → Aug 2001	$1M	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 1997 → Oct 2000	$1M	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 182
Observed power (24 mo): 241
Trailers (towed): 341

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

2.2 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2014

Oldest model yr

74.6%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 48 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

488

NM busiest

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

Home base

MATTHEWS, NC

3700 GRIBBLE RD

Top corridor

NM ⇄ NC

NM 41 · CA 36 · TN 25

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: 100 trucks also ran under 34 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1537706 USDOT 2059655 USDOT 4190389 USDOT 4318241 USDOT 1994664 USDOT 3740266 USDOT 4500200 USDOT 2107840Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (99 trucks · 57 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 576217 USDOT 3518735 USDOT 3615357 USDOT 3745880 USDOT 4318241 USDOT 1994664 USDOT 2107840 USDOT 2724854

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

182

Observed (24 mo)

241

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 3700 GRIBBLE RD, MATTHEWS, NC, 28104-8108
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (630) 716-1600
Email: safety@robertgastinc.com
Web domain: robertgastinc.com

Registration

Officer: Milan Radojevic
USDOT / docket: 706981 · MC-326661
First registered: Sep 25, 1997
Last MCS-150: Apr 21, 2026 · 100,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Aug 20, 2026
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

182

Power units

176

Drivers

176

CDL drivers

100,000

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 ROBERT L GAST INC.

ROBERT L GAST INC (USDOT 706981) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 23, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 23, 2026.

It has no active BIPD insurance filing in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 23, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 38.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 23, 2026.

The carrier received 490 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 242 vehicle-level and 490 driver-level — across 48 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 23, 2026.

The carrier has 9 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 23, 2026.

It reports 182 power units and 176 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 21, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Aug 20, 2026 in the federal record refreshed Aug 23, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ROBERT L GAST INC's USDOT number?

ROBERT L GAST INC's USDOT number is 706981, and its motor carrier number is MC-326661.

Is ROBERT L GAST INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 23, 2026, ROBERT L GAST INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is ROBERT L GAST INC's safety record?

ROBERT L GAST INC has a 38.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 490 roadside inspections, with 9 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 ROBERT L GAST INC's fleet?

ROBERT L GAST INC operates 182 power units and 176 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is ROBERT L GAST INC based?

ROBERT L GAST INC is based in MATTHEWS, NC, with roadside inspections recorded across 48 states.

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