Carrier profile · USDOT 365516 · MC-207234 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Sierra Mountain Express Inc

DBA SME

8 power unitsavg 2 yrLocal · 2 statesEL DORADO HILLS, CA50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-207234 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

8Power units

2 observed · MCS-150

2Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

2.0Avg age (yr)

2024–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(800) 426-4255 Email dispatchestallings@smetransport.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Limited record

Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.

Watch · 2

Fatal crash on record9 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.Not enough inspection history to rate2 federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 37 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1989.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 25 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

8 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

2 yr

Model years 2024–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

36 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1989 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

2 inspections · 24 mo

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative

Vehicle OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1 vehicle and 2 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 6.0 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

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 8-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 8
Inspections · 24 mo: 2
Annualized: ≈1 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle 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: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)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 ’19 · 10 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Liberty’97–’00

Zurich American’08–’12

Travelers Property’13–’19

National Interstate’19–now

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 12 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Aug 2025

All 12 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2019 → Aug 2019	$750K	2
TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	Aug 2013 → Aug 2019	$750K	2
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2012 → Aug 2013	$750K	2
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2008 → Aug 2012	$750K	1
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2003 → Oct 2006	$750K	3
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2001 → Jan 2004	$750K	2
HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2000 → Dec 2001	$750K	1
LIBERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION	Dec 1997 → Dec 2000	$750K	1
THE RELIANCE INSURANCE CO.	Dec 1996 → Dec 1997	$750K	1
LEGION INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 1995 → Dec 1996	$750K	2
TIG INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 1994 → Dec 1995	$750K	1
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INS. CO	Aug 1994 → Jan 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): 8
Observed power (24 mo): 2
Trailers (towed): 2

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

2.0 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2024

Oldest model yr

100.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

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

Home base

EL DORADO HILLS, CA

1140 SUNCAST LANE

Top corridor

CA 1 · MT 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 (20 trucks · 7 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 894046 USDOT 1297747 USDOT 1326050 USDOT 3983150 USDOT 3243645 USDOT 3713468 USDOT 3338387

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@smetransport.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3941839

Shares a company officer with other carriers

eric stallings — 2 carriers: USDOT 2800201

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1140 SUNCAST LANE, EL DORADO HILLS, CA, 95762
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (800) 426-4255
Fax: (925) 826-0979
Email: estallings@smetransport.com
Web domain: smetransport.com

Registration

Officer: Eric Stallings
USDOT / docket: 365516 · MC-207234
First registered: Sep 13, 1989
Last MCS-150: Aug 8, 2025 · 420,325 mi (2022)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Feb 11, 2002
D-U-N-S: 188749006

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

420,325

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 SIERRA MOUNTAIN EXPRESS INC.

SIERRA MOUNTAIN EXPRESS INC (USDOT 365516) is unrated by Vektor because the carrier's FMCSA record does not contain enough evidence for a safety score as of Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Aug 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 0.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 2 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 1 vehicle-level and 2 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 9 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 8 power units and 8 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 8, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Feb 11, 2002 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SIERRA MOUNTAIN EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

SIERRA MOUNTAIN EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 365516, and its motor carrier number is MC-207234.

Is SIERRA MOUNTAIN EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, SIERRA MOUNTAIN EXPRESS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SIERRA MOUNTAIN EXPRESS INC's safety record?

SIERRA MOUNTAIN EXPRESS INC has a 0.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 25 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: 2 federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.

How big is SIERRA MOUNTAIN EXPRESS INC's fleet?

SIERRA MOUNTAIN EXPRESS INC operates 8 power units and 8 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is SIERRA MOUNTAIN EXPRESS INC based?

SIERRA MOUNTAIN EXPRESS INC is based in EL DORADO HILLS, CA, with roadside inspections recorded across 2 states.

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