Carrier profile · USDOT 116455 · MC-125894 · FMCSA profile data as of Aug 16, 2026

J & R Schugel Trucking Inc

DBA J & R SCHUGEL

759 power unitsavg 4.1 yrNational · 40 statesNEW ULM, MN81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-125894 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

759Power units

612 observed · MCS-150

813Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.1Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(507) 550-3032 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average26.4% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record27 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 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$0 in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo26.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

53 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

759 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.1 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

80 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

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

Safety

1,164 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Sep 3, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 26.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 553 vehicle and 1,163 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.8% · 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

1,135 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 75

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

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 759-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 759
Inspections · 24 mo: 1,164
Annualized: ≈582 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 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 Driving591 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance147 · 131 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance106 · 27 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance87 · 24 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance77 · 5 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance48 · 10 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance42 · 24 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance36 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance35 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Aug 16, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$0 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

$0 in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $0 is below the $750K general-freight federal minimum — verify before tendering.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’18 · 4 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Great West’79–’13

St Paul’93–’98

Great West’02–’15

Protective’18–now

1979199120032015now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $0 · PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO. · since Oct 2015

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2018 → Oct 2018	$1M	1
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2015 → Oct 2015	$1M	7
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Mar 2002 → Oct 2015	$1M	4
FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.	Oct 1998 → Mar 2002	$1M	1
ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Nov 1993 → Oct 1998	$1M	3
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Mar 1979 → Aug 2013	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Sep 10, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 759
Observed power (24 mo): 612
Trailers (towed): 813

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.1 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

59.6%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 40 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Sep 17, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

1,158

OH busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Ohio: 128 inspections
Tennessee: 110 inspections
Wisconsin: 106 inspections
North Carolina: 92 inspections
Indiana: 90 inspections
Kentucky: 76 inspections
Minnesota: 64 inspections
Illinois: 61 inspections
Maryland: 57 inspections
Iowa: 48 inspections
Georgia: 34 inspections
South Carolina: 33 inspections
Missouri: 30 inspections
Pennsylvania: 28 inspections
New York: 21 inspections
Texas: 20 inspections
California: 15 inspections
Oklahoma: 13 inspections
West Virginia: 13 inspections
Mississippi: 11 inspections
Florida: 11 inspections
Michigan: 11 inspections
Nebraska: 10 inspections
Kansas: 10 inspections
Arkansas: 10 inspections
Utah: 8 inspections
Delaware: 7 inspections
Alabama: 6 inspections
New Jersey: 5 inspections
Louisiana: 5 inspections
Wyoming: 5 inspections
New Mexico: 4 inspections
Massachusetts: 4 inspections
Virginia: 3 inspections
South Dakota: 3 inspections
Connecticut: 2 inspections
Montana: 2 inspections
Nevada: 1 inspections
Arizona: 1 inspections

Home base

NEW ULM, MN

2026 N BROADWAY ST

Top corridor

OH ⇄ MN

OH 128 · TN 110 · WI 106

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Sep 3, 2026

Last 12 months: 15 trucks also ran under 18 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4009346 USDOT 4370275 USDOT 3712017 USDOT 4393005 USDOT 3125634 USDOT 3676183 USDOT 3992465 USDOT 4372797Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (100 trucks · 128 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3448611 USDOT 3903424 USDOT 4256918 USDOT 4456415 USDOT 3078039 USDOT 4249858 USDOT 4366978 USDOT 3010582

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

759

Observed (24 mo)

612

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Sep 3, 2026

Location

Physical address: 2026 N BROADWAY ST, NEW ULM, MN, 56073-1030
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (507) 550-3032
Fax: (507) 354-7482
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: jrschugel.com

Registration

Officers: Cory Dorzek · Sean Claton
USDOT / docket: 116455 · MC-125894
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Dec 29, 2025 · 71,287,464 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jul 26, 2011
D-U-N-S: 9866807

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

759

Power units

644

Drivers

644

CDL drivers

71,287,464

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Sep 3, 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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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for J & R SCHUGEL TRUCKING INC.

J & R SCHUGEL TRUCKING INC (USDOT 116455) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Aug 16, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Sep 3, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $0 limit in force from PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO. effective Oct 1, 2015 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Aug 16, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 26.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Sep 17, 2026.

The carrier received 1,164 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 553 vehicle-level and 1,163 driver-level — across 40 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Sep 17, 2026.

The carrier has 53 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 27 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Sep 17, 2026.

It reports 759 power units and 644 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Dec 29, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Sep 3, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jul 26, 2011 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Sep 3, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is J & R SCHUGEL TRUCKING INC's USDOT number?

J & R SCHUGEL TRUCKING INC's USDOT number is 116455, and its motor carrier number is MC-125894.

Is J & R SCHUGEL TRUCKING INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Sep 3, 2026. J & R SCHUGEL TRUCKING INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is J & R SCHUGEL TRUCKING INC's safety record?

J & R SCHUGEL TRUCKING INC has a 26.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 1,849 roadside inspections, with 53 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).