Carrier profile · USDOT 281814 · MC-181634 · Updated Aug 30, 2026

S & J Potashnick Transportation Inc

DBA PTI POTASHNICK TRANSPORTATION INC

5 power unitsavg 7 yrNational · 32 statesSIKESTON, MO81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-181634 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

5Power units

100 observed · MCS-150

158Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.0Avg age (yr)

2001–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(573) 471-9732 Email dispatchpfiles@sjpti.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 30, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average22.3% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record12 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 40 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1986.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

9 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.3%

▲ 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

Small fleet

5 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7 yr

Model years 2001–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

39 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1986 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

219 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 22.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 94 vehicle and 219 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 3.7 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

203 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 23

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

≈21.9 / 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: 5
Inspections · 24 mo: 219
Annualized: ≈110 / yr
Coverage: ≈21.9 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 Driving128 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance48 · 42 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 7 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 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 ’26 · 15 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Continental Western’97–’00

Continental Western’04–’09

Wausau’09–’12

Arch’17–’20

Protective’20–’24

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 16 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Apr 2026

All 16 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2025 → Apr 2026	$750K	1
BRICKTOWN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2024 → Nov 2025	$750K	4
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2020 → Apr 2024	$750K	1
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2017 → Oct 2020	$750K	2
MILWAUKEE CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2015 → Oct 2017	$750K	1
HARCO NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2015 → Oct 2015	$750K	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2014 → Apr 2015	$750K	2
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2012 → Apr 2014	$750K	3
WAUSAU UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2009 → Aug 2012	$750K	3
CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2004 → Aug 2009	$750K	3
ACCEPTANCE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2003 → Aug 2004	$750K	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2001 → Aug 2003	$750K	1
UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	Aug 2000 → Aug 2001	$750K	1
CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	Aug 1997 → Aug 2000	$750K	1
CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO.	May 1995 → Aug 1997	$750K	5
FIRST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AM	May 1994 → May 1995	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 5
Observed power (24 mo): 100
Trailers (towed): 158

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.0 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2001

Oldest model yr

63.6%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 32 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

217

TN busiest

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

Home base

SIKESTON, MO

411 LYNUAL STREET

Top corridor

TN ⇄ MO

TN 41 · MO 40 · AR 20

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: 2 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3245690 USDOT 3980190 USDOT 4432120 USDOT 1598342Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (99 trucks · 115 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3400406 USDOT 3433922 USDOT 4393475 USDOT 3245690 USDOT 3980190 USDOT 4432120 USDOT 3095144 USDOT 3445155

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@sjpti.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3988119

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

100

Shared w/ other carriers

100

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: 411 LYNUAL STREET, SIKESTON, MO, 63801
Mailing address: PO BOX 628, SIKESTON, MO, 63801
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (573) 471-9732
Fax: (573) 471-2863
Email: pfiles@sjpti.com
Web domain: sjpti.com

Registration

Officers: Janie Potashnick · Sam Potashnick
USDOT / docket: 281814 · MC-181634
First registered: Nov 10, 1986
Last MCS-150: Oct 29, 2025 · 11,601,619 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Aug 26, 2024
D-U-N-S: 115423295

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

11,601,619

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 S & J POTASHNICK TRANSPORTATION INC.

S & J POTASHNICK TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 281814) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 30, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Apr 1, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 30, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 22.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier received 219 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 94 vehicle-level and 219 driver-level — across 32 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier has 9 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 12 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 30, 2026.

It reports 5 power units and 7 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 29, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Aug 26, 2024 in the federal record refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is S & J POTASHNICK TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

S & J POTASHNICK TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 281814, and its motor carrier number is MC-181634.

Is S & J POTASHNICK TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 30, 2026, S & J POTASHNICK TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is S & J POTASHNICK TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

S & J POTASHNICK TRANSPORTATION INC has a 22.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 479 roadside inspections, with 9 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is S & J POTASHNICK TRANSPORTATION INC's fleet?

S & J POTASHNICK TRANSPORTATION INC operates 5 power units and 7 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is S & J POTASHNICK TRANSPORTATION INC based?

S & J POTASHNICK TRANSPORTATION INC is based in SIKESTON, MO, with roadside inspections recorded across 32 states.

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