CSA
Authorized · PropertyUSDOT 4048989· MC1533870· CARRIER· EIN 92-1979921
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J 1997 TRUCKING INC

10419 MUSTANG PEAK DR, BAKERSFIELD, CA, 93311(661) 340-2099j1997trucking@gmail.comHARPREET SINGH SANDHU
Vetting snapshot
Authority
Active
operating authority
Insurance
$750K BIPD
MOTOR TRANSPORT MUTUAL RRG INC
Vehicle OOS
50%
above 22% national avg
Driver OOS
20%
above 6.7% national avg
Crashes 24mo
0
clean
Red flags
1 flag
see details below
40
/ 100

Risk factors

High riskVioCodes score
Possible reincarnation pattern — tied to an older inactive carrierVehicle OOS 50% — well above the 22% national averageDriver OOS 20% — above the 6.7% national average

A 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.

Authority & insurance

MC1533870

Operating authority and insurance on file — from FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (L&I).

Common
Active
Contract
None
Broker
None
Authorized for: Property
Liability (BIPD)
$750K on file
$750K required
Cargo
Not on file
not required
Bond / surety
Not on file
not required
Insurance filings
ON FILELiability (BIPD) — BMC-91X$750K coverageeff 10/08/2025
MOTOR TRANSPORT MUTUAL RRG INC· policy S-LHMI2645-00
Authority history (2) ▾
10/14/2025MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIERREINSTATED
05/12/2023MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIERGRANTEDREVOKED (07/03/2024)
Insurance history2 insurers on record
Filing timeline (3)
  1. MOTOR TRANSPORT MUTUAL RRG INC$750KCancelled
    BIPD/Primary · eff 10/08/202501/07/2026
  2. MOTOR TRANSPORT MUTUAL RRG INC$750KReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 10/08/202510/08/2025
  3. GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.$1MCancelled
    BIPD/Primary · eff 04/18/202306/27/2024

Source: FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (L&I), public data. This shows the carrier’s federal insurance filings (BMC-91X liability, BMC-34 cargo) — the federally-required minimums on file for operating authority — not the carrier’s full commercial policy (its actual auto combined-single-limit, general liability, cargo, or workers’ comp, which appear on the carrier’s ACORD certificate of insurance). Always confirm current coverage with a COI from the carrier’s agent before making a vetting decision.

Roadside inspection performance

Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.

Vehicle2 inspections · 50% OOS · National 22%
Driver5 inspections · 20% OOS · National 6.7%

CSA performance breakdown

FMCSA · Sep 2026

5 inspections · 19 violations (7 OOS) · 20% of inspections had an OOS finding.

5
Inspections
19
Violations
7
OOS violations
10
Distinct codes

Violations by BASIC

click to filter codes

17
total

Most inspected in · top 7 states

  • KS3
  • CA2
  • OK1
  • IL1
  • TX1
  • NM1
  • IA1

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.

Recommendations

What’s driving each score, what to do about it, and where it could go.

Log / ELD device violations are the leading contributor to Hours-of-Service Compliance

Medium impact

Estimated Hours-of-Service Compliance percentile of 58% is close to the 65% intervention line — worth getting ahead of before it crosses.

What’s contributing8 violations (24 mo)
Log / ELD device8 viol100%
  • 395.24HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner5× · 54%
  • 395.24D-ELDPTHOS (ELD) - On request by an authorized safety official, a driver must produce and transfer from an ELD the driver's hours of service records in accordance with t1× · 32%
  • 395.30B1-ELDDFRHOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information.2× · 14%
What to do
  • Make sure the ELD is registered, working, and drivers know how to log in and certify daily
Projected estimatecould improve up to 27 pts in ~12 mo
nowin 12 months
Current trend 50% followed 100% followed 65% line

Driver Fitness needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Driver Fitness percentile of 0% is under the 80% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Controlled Substances/Alcohol needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Controlled Substances/Alcohol percentile of 0% is under the 80% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Recommendations are generated from the carrier’s public FMCSA roadside-inspection record. Percentiles and projections are VioCodes estimates, not official FMCSA figures. Informational, not legal advice.

90-day safety improvement plan

What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.

Trending worse
3
Inspections
6
Violations
0
Out-of-service
0
Clean
Where the violations are
Hours-of-Service Compliance 83%Vehicle Maintenance 17%
Focus here first
1Hours-of-Service Compliance
5 violations · 83% of recent
  • 395.24×5HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner
Do this
  • Log in and annotate the ELD correctly every day; fix edits promptly
  • Plan trips around available hours — never falsify a log
2Vehicle Maintenance
1 violation · 17% of recent
  • 393.11A1-CSURRConspicuity Systems - Truck tractor, upper rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after July 1, 1997
Do this
  • Walk the lights every pre-trip and carry spare bulbs/fuses
  • Clean lenses and check the trailer plug for corrosion
Repeat offenders (same code, multiple times)
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Turn these into driver coaching — and prove it
FleetTrained (my companion project) makes branded, multilingual training videos for these exact violations — your driver watches and gets a completion certificate for the file.

Based on roadside inspections in the last 90 days, ranked by what recurs most. Informational, not legal advice.

Inspection & crash map

live · FMCSA MCMIS

Every inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).

10
Inspections
19
Violations
7
Out-of-service
57
CSA points
0
Crashes
7
States
cleanviolOOS

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.

Equipment

VINs via NHTSA

11 distinct vehicles seen in this carrier’s roadside inspections.

8 trailer 3 truck
2017 FREIGHTLINER Cascadiaseen 4×
3AKJGLDR2HSHZ6299· YP61245 CA
2022 FREIGHTLINER Cascadiaseen 3×
3AKJHHDR2NSMW8075· ZP77198 CA
2021 KENWORTH T680seen 3×
1XKYDP9X2MJ421500· ZP90647 CA
1988 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailersseen 2×
1GRAA0622JW121143· 4RE5952 CA
2016 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailersseen 2×
1GRAA0626GW704551· 4NW9493 CA
1989 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers
1GRAA0626KW143258· 4VP4353 CA
1989 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers
1GRAA0625KW143266· 4SA3545 CA
1988 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers
1GRAA0621JW101353· 4UA2685 CA
2020 WABASH VANS Refrigerated Van
1JJV532B0LL174846· 4TL3343 CA
1989 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers
1GRAA0626KW102712· 4RV8018 CA
2016 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers
1GRAA0620GW700060· 4WH5922 CA

Equipment is inferred from VINs recorded on roadside inspections (FMCSA MCMIS), decoded via the NHTSA vPIC API — it reflects vehicles inspected, not a current fleet roster.

Company profile

FMCSA census

AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Power units
1
on file (MCS-150)
Drivers
1
1 hold a CDL
Annual mileage
0M mi
reported 2024
Recordable crash rate
per million miles
How far they run · drivers by operating lane
  • Interstate · 100+ mi1 drivers
Company officer
HARPREET SINGH SANDHU
Operation
Interstate
Registered since
2023-03-22
Last MCS-150 update
2025-09-19
Census status
Active

Fleet: 1 trucks · 1 owned tractors · 1 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.

Connections

carrier graph

This carrier shares VINs, addresses, phone numbers or officers with 25 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.

25
Connected carriers
13
Fleet-transfer links
5
Most shared VINs
11
Strong links
Possible reincarnation pattern: 1990244 ALBERTA LTD (USDOT 3483213, registered 2020) is inactive, shares this carrier’s officer, and predates it — worth checking whether this carrier re-registered to shed a prior record.
Strong· 11
1
ARORA ENTERPRISE INC
USDOT 1835079Active· BAKERSFIELD, CA
Strong
Shared VIN · 5
1GRAA0626GW7045511GRAA0621JW1013531GRAA0622JW1211431GRAA0620GW7000601GRAA0626KW102712
2
14725042 CANADA INC
USDOT 4379493Active· BRAMPTON, ON
Strong
Officer
3
1990244 ALBERTA LTD
USDOT 3483213Inactive· CALGARY, AB
Strong
Officer
4
BHM LOGISTICS
USDOT 3857017Active· DUBLIN, CA
Strong
Officer
5
HARPREET SINGH SANDHU
USDOT 3418111Active· FRESNO, CA
Strong
Officer
6
HARPREET SINGH SANDHU
USDOT 4224092Active· PUYALLUP, WA
Strong
Officer
7
JAP ROADLINE INC
USDOT 4296021Inactive· BAKERSFIELD, CA
Strong
OfficerPhoneAddress
8
JP TRUCKLINE INC
USDOT 4008945Inactive· BRAMPTON, ON
Strong
Officer
9
NEW DIAMOND LLC
USDOT 1838877Inactive· WHITELAND, IN
Strong
Officer
10
OTR TRANS INC
USDOT 3608743Inactive· INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Strong
Officer
11
P B TRANSPORT INC
USDOT 3517583Active· LATHROP, CA
Strong
Officer
Medium· 3
TESLA TRUCKING INC
USDOT 3086627Active· BAKERSFIELD, CA
Medium
Shared VIN · 2
1GRAA0625KW1432661GRAA0626KW143258
HARPREET SINGH SANDHU
USDOT 3262867Inactive· BAKERSFIELD, CA
Medium
Address
PREET LOGISTICS INC
USDOT 2982663Inactive· BAKERSFIELD, CA
Medium
MailingAddress

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

8 events
  1. 01/07/2026Insurance cancelled — MOTOR TRANSPORT MUTUAL RRG INC

    BIPD/Primary · policy S-LHMI2645-00

  2. 10/14/2025MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — REINSTATED
  3. 10/08/2025Insurance filed — MOTOR TRANSPORT MUTUAL RRG INC

    Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy S-LHMI2645-00

  4. 10/08/2025Insurance replaced — MOTOR TRANSPORT MUTUAL RRG INC

    BIPD/Primary · policy S-LHMI2645-00

  5. 09/19/2025MCS-150 update filed

    0.0M mi reported (2024)

  6. 06/27/2024Insurance cancelled — GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.

    BIPD/Primary · policy MCP83085B

  7. 05/12/2023MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED

    REVOKED (07/03/2024)

  8. 03/22/2023Registered with FMCSA

    AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.

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Operations

Classification

  • AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Area served

  • Interstate

FMCSA safety rating

Rating
Not rated
Type
Rated
Last review
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MCS-150 registration

Form date
2025-09-19
Reported mileage
1 mi (2024)

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Data sourced from public FMCSA records via safer.fmcsa.dot.gov · Latest FMCSA update: Sep 2026 · Page refreshed: Sep 21, 2026, 3:49 AM. VioCodes is not affiliated with FMCSA. To dispute incorrect data, file a DataQs Request for Data Review.