ELK N BULL 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.
Broker payment signals
Bond, cancellation & authority risk for this broker — from free FMCSA records.
- No active broker bond on file — a bond is required to operate. High non-payment risk.
- Broker authority is inactive, not active.
- Bond has changed hands 8 times across 4 sureties — churn can signal payment or coverage trouble.
These are FMCSA bond & authority signals — not a credit report. A filed bond cancellation is the biggest early warning that a broker may stop paying, but days-to-pay and slow-pay history aren’t public FMCSA data — verify those with a broker-credit service or references before extending terms.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
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.
Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · 100+ mi4 drivers
- Company officer
- VARINDERPAL SINGH BRAICH
- Operation
- Interstate
- Registered since
- 2016-05-04
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2024-05-07
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 2 trucks · 2 owned tractors · 2 owned trailers.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Data change history
Every FMCSA record change we’ve detected — address, fleet size, contacts, MCS-150 — newest first.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares addresses or emails with 3 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
18 events- 11/24/2024Insurance cancelled — ALLEGHENY CASUALTY COMPANY
SURETY · policy ACC006003164
- 05/07/2024MCS-150 update filed
0.4M mi reported (2023)
- 04/08/2024Insurance cancelled — GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy MCP57136A
- 10/29/2023Insurance cancelled — UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.
SURETY · policy 615246224
- 10/18/2023Insurance replaced — UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.
SURETY · policy 615246224
- 10/02/2023BROKER — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (10/19/2023)
- 09/04/2020Insurance cancelled — AMERICAN CONTRACTORS INDEMNITY COMPANY
SURETY · policy 100401356
- 08/30/2020Insurance replaced — AMERICAN CONTRACTORS INDEMNITY COMPANY
SURETY · policy 100401356
- 08/10/2020BROKER — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/25/2020)
- 04/08/2020Insurance cancelled — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA3762920
- 03/05/2020Insurance replaced — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA3762920
- 10/18/2019Insurance cancelled — AMERICAN CONTRACTORS INDEMNITY COMPANY
SURETY · policy 100401356
- 09/23/2019BROKER — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (09/26/2019)
- 08/30/2018Insurance cancelled — PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY · policy PB11499803843
- 09/07/2017PROPERTY BROKER — GRANTED
REVOKED (12/02/2024)
- 08/30/2017Insurance replaced — PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY · policy PB11499803843
- 05/25/2016MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (04/15/2024)
- 05/04/2016Registered with FMCSA
AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Conditional
- Type
- Compliance review
- Rated
- 2022-05-04
- Last review
- 2022-02-10
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2024-05-07
- Reported mileage
- 401,553 mi (2023)
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