Carrier profile · USDOT 261978 · MC-178033 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 11, 2026

Barr-nunn Transportation LLC

629 power unitsavg 3.4 yrNational · 20 statesGRANGER, IA88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-178033 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

629Power units

377 observed · MCS-150

449Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

3.4Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(515) 999-2525 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 11, 2026

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record21 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

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 41 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1985.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 812 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo13.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

61 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

629 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

3.4 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

41 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1985 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

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22 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Sep 14, 2026.

Safety

540 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Oct 14, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 13.0%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 — 247 vehicle and 540 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

523 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 33

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 629-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 629
Inspections · 24 mo: 540
Annualized: ≈270 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 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 Driving149 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance43 · 35 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 11, 2026

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

$1M BIPD last filed ’12 · 3 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

American Automobile’93–’03

Great West’05–now

1993200220112020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 3 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Feb 2020

All 3 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Mar 2005 → Mar 2012	$1M	5
DISCOVER PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2003 → Mar 2003	$1M	3
AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 1993 → Mar 2003	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Oct 14, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 629
Observed power (24 mo): 377
Trailers (towed): 449

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

3.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

35.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 20 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Oct 14, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

540

MD busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Maryland: 115 inspections
North Carolina: 73 inspections
Ohio: 69 inspections
Tennessee: 44 inspections
Illinois: 32 inspections
Indiana: 31 inspections
Pennsylvania: 29 inspections
Kentucky: 28 inspections
South Carolina: 24 inspections
Virginia: 24 inspections
Georgia: 16 inspections
Florida: 10 inspections
West Virginia: 9 inspections
New York: 9 inspections
New Jersey: 8 inspections
Connecticut: 6 inspections
Massachusetts: 5 inspections
Iowa: 4 inspections
Michigan: 3 inspections
Rhode Island: 1 inspections

Home base

GRANGER, IA

1803 BURR OAK BLVD

Most inspections: MD

115 inspections

MD 115 · NC 73 · OH 69

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Oct 14, 2026

Last 12 months: 16 trucks also ran under 13 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3345633 USDOT 4017553 USDOT 1872248 USDOT 4072630 USDOT 3722363 USDOT 2108528 USDOT 3232220 USDOT 3641137Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (99 trucks · 90 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2416696 USDOT 3018841 USDOT 3773583 USDOT 3114510 USDOT 3851583 USDOT 3984582 USDOT 3008769 USDOT 4287348

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

629

Observed (24 mo)

377

Shared w/ other carriers

100

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

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Oct 14, 2026

Location

Physical address: 1803 BURR OAK BLVD, GRANGER, IA, 50109
Mailing address: PO BOX 518, GRANGER, IA, 50109-0518
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (515) 999-2525
Fax: (515) 999-2109
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: barr-nunn.com

Registration

Officers: Shari Proehl · Rene Beacom
USDOT / docket: 261978 · MC-178033
First registered: Jul 15, 1985
Last MCS-150: Aug 28, 2025 · 56,850,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Aug 13, 2010
D-U-N-S: 43255777

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

629

Power units

663

Drivers

663

CDL drivers

56,850,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Oct 14, 2026

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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13%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

32 of 247 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Oct 2024 to Oct 2026.

187violation records

42OOS-tagged records

32 of 247inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Unsafe driving

1071%1 / 107

Other vehicle maintenance

3776%28 / 37

Hours of service

157%1 / 15

Brakes

1136%4 / 11

Lights

1127%3 / 11

Driver fitness

3100%3 / 3

Other / unclassified

367%2 / 3

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

30%

15%

30%

16%Oct 24 to Apr 258 / 49

11%Apr 25 to Oct 257 / 65

14%Oct 25 to Apr 2611 / 76

11%Apr 26 to Oct 266 / 57

Top 3 codes (52 of 187 records)

392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)20
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)16
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)16

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392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)8
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)7
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)6
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt5
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5
392.2-SLLTL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLCP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLDL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2LV State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.48A-BIBD Brakes inoperative2
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)2
393.75A Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.75A3 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps2
395.22H2-ELDNISDT ELD — provider/registration/malfunction2
395.22H3-ELDMF ELD — provider/registration/malfunction2
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction2
395.24 ELD — record edits / data2
395.24D-ELDPT ELD — record edits / data2
395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits2
396.5B-L Oil and/or grease leak2
172.201A4-HMSPS Other violation1
177.823A-HMPMCNP50% Other violation1
177.823A-HMTVMMCNID Other violation1
383.23A2 Operating without a valid CDL1
383.51A-NSIN Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
390.17 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)1
391.41B10-MC No / expired medical certificate1
392.2-LCDLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSIV State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSOA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLUP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.22A Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.22B Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.2C State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2IN State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2LC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2PK State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.8-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
393.100B-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.104C-C Cargo securement — tiedowns1
393.106C2-C Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.11A1-LRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LSML Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.201A-FRBFC Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.203E-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205A Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45D-BAAL Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.48A Brakes inoperative1
393.48A-BI-SA Brakes inoperative1
393.55D2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.75A3-ATIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LBL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9B-LRLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
395.15I9 Automatic on-board recording device1
395.22H1-ELDNUM ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.3A3II Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-F Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-OAL Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.5B-HLOW Oil and/or grease leak1

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for BARR-NUNN TRANSPORTATION LLC.

BARR-NUNN TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 261978) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 11, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Oct 14, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Feb 12, 2020 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 11, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 13.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 14, 2026.

The carrier received 540 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 247 vehicle-level and 540 driver-level — across 20 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Oct 14, 2026.

The carrier has 61 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 21 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Oct 14, 2026.

It reports 629 power units and 663 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 28, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 14, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Aug 13, 2010 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Oct 14, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BARR-NUNN TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number?

BARR-NUNN TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number is 261978, and its motor carrier number is MC-178033.

Is BARR-NUNN TRANSPORTATION LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Oct 14, 2026. BARR-NUNN TRANSPORTATION LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is BARR-NUNN TRANSPORTATION LLC's safety record?

BARR-NUNN TRANSPORTATION LLC has a 13.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 812 roadside inspections, with 61 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).