FINKLE TRANSPORT INC
Risk factors
High riskVioCodes scoreA weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
CSA performance breakdown
FMCSA · August 28, 202615 inspections · 24 violations (5 OOS) · 20% of inspections had an OOS finding.
Violations by BASIC
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Top cited codes
score = count × severity weight
- 1393.9A-LBLVehicle Maint.
Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative
12
2× · sev 6
- 2393.9B-LRLIWRVehicle Maint.2 OOS
Lighting - Tail lamp - Both lamps on rearmost vehicle inoperative when required to be on
12
2× · sev 6
- 3393.75A3-TAOLVehicle Maint.1 OOS
Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS
8
1× · sev 8
- 4393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32Vehicle Maint.
Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth
8
1× · sev 8
- 5393.9A-LFTSIVehicle Maint.
Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative
6
1× · sev 6
- 6393.9A-LHWSVehicle Maint.
Lighting - Hazard warning signal(s) inoperative
6
1× · sev 6
- 7392.2CUnsafe Driving
Failure to obey traffic control device
5
1× · sev 5
- 8393.45B2-B-AIRVehicle Maint.
Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured
4
1× · sev 4
- 9393.45B2-BHTDVehicle Maint.1 OOS
Air Brake - Hose/tubing damage into the outer reinforcement ply.
4
1× · sev 4
- 10393.47(e)Vehicle Maint.
Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto, Clamp (Short & Long), DD-3, or Bolt
4
1× · sev 4
Most inspected in · top 5 states
- NJ6
- PA6
- NC1
- NY1
- DE1
Latest FMCSA SMS snapshot. Codes link to the lookup — severity weighting, contest angles, and the DataQs Drafter for each. Click a BASIC to filter the codes.
90-day safety improvement plan
What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.
Inspection & crash map
live · FMCSA MCMISEvery inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).
CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.
Crash record (US, last 24 months)
Total
2
Tow-away
2
Injury
0
Fatal
1
Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · <100 mi101 drivers
- Company officer
- JEFFREY ENDRESEN
- Operation
- Interstate
- Registered since
- 2002-10-25
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2026-07-24
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 35 trucks · 35 owned tractors.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares addresses, officers or emails with 6 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.
Activity history
49 events- 07/24/2026MCS-150 update filed
- 06/10/2026Insurance ended — THIRD COAST INSURANCE COMPANY
policy FNCAP00013902
- 05/15/2026Insurance cancelled — THIRD COAST INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy FNCAP00013902
- 04/20/2026COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (04/30/2026)
- 04/20/2026CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (04/30/2026)
- 04/08/2026Insurance cancelled — THIRD COAST INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy FNCAP00013902
- 03/12/2026COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (03/23/2026)
- 03/12/2026CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (03/23/2026)
- 03/11/2026Insurance cancelled — THIRD COAST INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy FNCAP00013902
- 02/12/2026COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (02/23/2026)
- 02/12/2026CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (02/23/2026)
- 02/11/2026Insurance cancelled — THIRD COAST INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy FNCAP00013902
- 01/15/2026COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (01/20/2026)
- 01/15/2026CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (01/20/2026)
- 01/08/2026Insurance cancelled — THIRD COAST INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy FNCAP00013902
- 12/12/2025COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/23/2025)
- 12/12/2025CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/23/2025)
- 12/07/2025Insurance cancelled — THIRD COAST INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy FNCAP00013902
- 11/10/2025COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (11/21/2025)
- 11/10/2025CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (11/21/2025)
- 10/31/2025Insurance cancelled — THIRD COAST INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy FNCAP00013902
- 08/31/2025Insurance filed — THIRD COAST INSURANCE COMPANY
Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy FNCAP00013902
- 08/31/2025Insurance replaced — THIRD COAST INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy FNCAP00013902
- 08/31/2025Insurance cancelled — THIRD COAST INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy FNCAP00013901
- 08/14/2025Insurance cancelled — THIRD COAST INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy FNCAP00013901
- 08/04/2025COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/29/2025)
- 08/04/2025CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/29/2025)
- 07/18/2025COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (07/28/2025)
- 07/18/2025CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (07/28/2025)
- 06/27/2025Insurance cancelled — THIRD COAST INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy FNCAP00013901
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Not rated
- Type
- —
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- —
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2026-07-24
- Reported mileage
- —
Changes on file
FMCSA census historyAugust, 2024
- Moved to PHOENIX, AZ
March, 2024
- Fleet shrank to 65 power units
- Drivers shrank to 121
January, 2021
First on-record entry — FINKLE TRANSPORT INC, NEWARK, NJ
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