Carrier profile · USDOT 4400932 · Updated Aug 16, 2026
Sunset Distributing LLC
176 power unitsavg 5.9 yrLocal · 1 statesSAN MARCOS, CA100/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier
VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 763935Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.
Show all-time history (22 trucks · 8 carriers)
Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2929075USDOT 3941360USDOT 4225806USDOT 73375USDOT 674315USDOT 3944707USDOT 2984784USDOT 2670347
Shares a registration email domain with other carriers
@handfamilycompanies.com — 5 carriers: USDOT 61581USDOT 1548508USDOT 1857875USDOT 3976875
Shares a company officer with other carriers
barry batson — 2 carriers: USDOT 1857875
Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units
Registered (MCS-150)176176
Observed (24 mo)3737
Shared w/ other carriers2222
Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.
Shared-VIN cross-links· units inspected under more than one USDOT
Owner / group view· confidence: email domain + officer
Owner / group view
Affiliated authorities
Collapses 5 related authorities · joined by email domain + officer
- Authorities
- 5
- Combined power
- 312
- States
- 4
- Oldest authority
- Jun 1, 1974
- Active now
- 3
- SUNSET DISTRIBUTING LLC· viewingUSDOT 4400932176PU
- TRISTAR BEVERAGE LLCUSDOT 185787564PU
- IDEAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY INCUSDOT 6158139PU
- BACKCOUNTRY BEVERAGE LLCUSDOT 397687524PU
- BLUEGRASS BEVERAGE LLCUSDOT 15485089PU
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