Carrier Vetting: Know Who Is Really Hauling Your Freight.

Every carrier looks legitimate on paper. SureLoadr carrier vetting shows you what the paperwork does not: a risk score re-scored every day, and the double-brokering and identity patterns that decide whether your freight actually arrives.

  • A risk score re-scored every day, not a file refreshed when someone remembers
  • Double-brokering and identity patterns a records check will not surface
  • An alert the moment authority or insurance lapses on a carrier you booked

Small doesn't mean bad. Big doesn't mean good.

QUARRY BEND TRANSPORT INC

MC: 00655104DOT: 2907318DES MOINES, IA 50313Active authority

Registered cargo types (FMCSA):Dry Van / GeneralFlatbed / Step-deck

93Low (85-100)0100

85+ Low · 70–84 Moderate · 51–69 High · <51 Extreme

Company Information and Contacts

Principal / Officer
Daniel Ruhl
Address
2200 NE 46TH AVE · DES MOINES, IA 50313
Phone
515-555-0164
Email
dispatch@quarrybendtransport.com
Contact Info Last Certified by Carrier
Feb 18, 2026

Double-brokering screen: No ghost-carrier pattern found

  • This carrier has an inspection history, so it does not match the non-hauling shell pattern.

Safety

Driver out-of-service rate (112 inspections)1.8%

National average: 5.5%

Vehicle out-of-service rate (94 inspections)7.4%

National average: 20.4%

Inspections126
Crashes (since Jan 2023)0
Fatal crashes0
Injury crashes0

Each bar shows the share of this carrier’s roadside inspections that ended in an out-of-service order (the vehicle or driver pulled from service until a problem is fixed). The marked line is the national average across all carriers — a bar past it (red) is worse than average; shorter and green is better. Rates drawn from only a few inspections are marked “limited sample” and count for proportionally less in the risk score, since a single roadside stop can read as 100%. Source: FMCSA SMS.

Fleet Details

TractorsTrailersTrucks
Owned36522
Leased260

Self-reported by the carrier on its MCS-150 filing.

Truck Types

  • Dry Van / General
  • Flatbed / Step-deck

Freight

  • General Freight
  • Building Materials
  • Machinery, Large Objects

Risk score — 12-week look-back

Hover any point to see its date and value.

SureLoadr Risk

93

Low risk

050100Jun 22, 2026 · 91Jun 29, 2026 · 91Jul 6, 2026 · 91Jul 13, 2026 · 92Jul 20, 2026 · 92Jul 27, 2026 · 92Aug 3, 2026 · 92Aug 10, 2026 · 94Aug 17, 2026 · 94Aug 24, 2026 · 93Aug 31, 2026 · 93Sep 7, 2026 · 93Jun 22Sep 7

Fleet summary

Power Units
38
Drivers
44
MCS-150 Mileage
3,410,000 (2025)
MCS-150 Last Filed
Feb 18, 2026

Authority

Common Active — Mar 6, 2019 (7 years, 6 months)
Carrier Operation
Interstate
Cargo Authorization
Property
Also Holds Broker Authority
No
Prior Revocations
0
Prior Reinstatements
0

Insurance filings on record

CoverageInsurerPolicy / surety #CoverageEffective
Public Liability (BIPD) · BMC-91XHEARTLAND MOTOR UNDERWRITERSPL-2907318$1,000,000Mar 6, 2019

Public records & bankruptcy

No bankruptcies, judgments or liens on file

U.S. federal bankruptcy court records searched for QUARRY BEND TRANSPORT INC.

Safety Violations

TotalSevereOut of ServiceMeasure
Vehicle Maintenance6101.1
Unsafe Driving3000.4
Hours-of-Service Compliance2000.3
Driver Fitness1000.2

Violations written at roadside inspections over the last 24 months, grouped by CSA category. “Severe” counts those FMCSA weights 7 or higher on its 0–10 severity scale. “Measure” is FMCSA’s violation rate for the category, not a count or a percentage: each violation is weighted by how serious it is and how recent — one from the last six months counts about three times one from two years ago, and an out-of-service violation carries extra weight — then divided by how often the carrier is inspected, so a large fleet is not penalized for sheer volume. Lower is better and 0 means none on record. Compare a category against other carriers rather than against the categories beside it, which run on different scales.

Accident Report

Last 6 Months6-12 Months ago12-24 Months agoTotal
Fatalities0000
Injuries0000
Tow-away0000
Crash Reports0000

Federally reportable crashes, regardless of who was at fault — FMCSA does not record fault. A tow-away is the lowest bar for a reportable crash, so it is normally the largest row.

Inspections

InspectionsOOS InspectionsOOS PercentageNational Average
Driver11221.8%5.5%
Vehicle9477.4%20.4%

An out-of-service order pulls the driver or vehicle from the road until the problem is fixed. Read the percentage against the inspection count beside it — one failed inspection out of one reads as 100% and means far less than the same figure over forty.

Roadside Inspections

DateStateLevelResult

The 3 most recent of 126 roadside inspections on file, newest first. FMCSA publishes these on a rolling 24-month window, which currently runs Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31, 2026. Inspections older than that have aged off its file, and because it is rebuilt monthly and runs a few weeks behind, a very recent stop may not be on it yet. The inspection, violation and out-of-service figures above are drawn from that same window. Levels are I full inspection, II walk-around, III driver-only, IV special study, V vehicle-only and VI radioactive, so a carrier with no Level I stops has simply not had one, not passed one. An inspection that found something opens to show what was written up and which vehicle was stopped.

Use as Information, Not a Guarantee

SureLoadr is decision-support software. It is not a safety certification, an endorsement, a guarantee of performance, or a legal advisor, and nothing in this report is an instruction to tender or withhold a load. The underlying records come from federal sources and third-party contributors that SureLoadr does not control, and are provided as received — without warranty that they are complete, current, or free of error.

This report describes the company registered under this DOT number — not necessarily whoever contacted you about the load. Before tendering, confirm you are dispatching that company: call back on a number you verify independently rather than one supplied in an email or on a load board, and request the certificate of insurance from the insurer or agent directly. Carrier identity theft and double-brokering both work by borrowing a legitimate carrier’s record, so treat the rating as one input alongside that check.

As a condition of use, and as set out in the Terms of Service, you agree that every tendering, hiring and business decision you make is your own. SureLoadr is not responsible for those decisions and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, is not liable for any loss, cargo claim, lost profit, or other damage — direct or indirect — arising from your use of this report or your reliance on it.

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A one-truck carrier with a long, clean history can be a great partner, and a large fleet is not automatically safe. SureLoadr carrier vetting weighs the record itself, so size on its own never decides the score.

  • Every carrier is measured on its own authority, safety, and operating history, never on size alone
  • New and small carriers are scored on the same data as everyone else, with no automatic red flag for being new or small
  • Large fleets are measured against their own activity, so hauling more freight does not move the score by itself
  • We identify ghost-carrier and double-brokering patterns using publicly available data, sourced data from our partners, and our proprietary algorithm

FAQ

Carrier vetting, answered.

What is carrier vetting?

Carrier vetting is the review a broker or shipper runs before booking a carrier: confirming the carrier's operating authority is active, its insurance is in force, and its safety and crash history support the freight in question, then checking for the patterns that signal a ghost carrier or a re-brokered load. It answers one question — can this carrier actually haul this load, and is the entity on the paperwork the one that will do it.

What should a carrier report include?

Operating authority and its status, insurance on file with coverage limits, safety and inspection history, crash exposure, fleet size and activity, and the red flags that point to double brokering or an identity that does not match the paperwork. Read them together rather than one at a time — a carrier can be authorized and insured and still be the wrong carrier for the load.

Can carrier vetting guarantee a carrier will deliver?

No. Vetting narrows risk; it does not remove it. A report reflects authority, insurance, safety and activity as recorded at the time it is pulled, and any of those can change after you book. Treat it as decision support alongside your own process and contracts, not as a certification. It is also why the carriers you book most are worth monitoring — a lapse reaches you when it happens rather than when a load is already moving.