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DOT 273301 is operated by DAYTON FREIGHT out of Dayton, OH. This profile shows verified operating authority, current insurance, observed equipment, and recent inspection activity joined into one card so brokers can verify the carrier in one tab.
Operating authority is verified against the live public registry and refreshed daily. Current status: ACTIVE. "active" means the carrier is authorized to operate; "inactive" or "out-of-service" indicates the carrier should not be hauling.
Liability and cargo insurance status is drawn from the latest filings on record. Current status: active. We mark a carrier "lapsed" when the most recent cancellation date is in the past with no superseding policy.
DAYTON FREIGHT was last inspected on 2026-10-23. We've recorded 629 inspections in the trailing 12 months.
DAYTON FREIGHT is registered as 189528. Many brokers reference carriers by MC; both identifiers resolve to the same carrier record.
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Inferred from consecutive inspection states per truck. Use these as a starting point for backhaul planning or capacity sourcing.
Aggregate rating unlocks at 3 reviewing workspaces — 0 so far. Individual reviews appear below as they're published.
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Not enough broker-reported loads yet — this score unlocks as brokers report load outcomes. Aggregates appear once 3+ brokerages have reported on this carrier (0 loads from 0 brokerages so far).
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Rates stay locked below 3 contributing brokers so no single broker’s loads can be picked out of the aggregate.
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power units (MCS-150)
distinct VINs in inspections
629 inspections, 12mo
most recent roadside record
Matched on equipment mix, fleet-size band, and home state.
These are our estimates from local roadside-inspection history; FMCSA hasn't published measures for this carrier yet (see #1000).
Current reported fleet · as of Jan 2026. A trend line appears once a second filing is on record.
U. S. SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · policy 1001037281
No linkage concerns found.
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This carrier's contact domain (daytonfreight.com) was registered 1997-09-25, long after its operating authority — a freshly-stood-up domain on an older MC is a reactivated-shell signal.