JOHN KAUSER TRUCKING SERVICE INC
Paulding, OH · MC 102343
JOHN KAUSER TRUCKING SERVICE INC (USDOT 71620, MC 102343) operates 12 power units with 10 drivers from Paulding, Ohio hauling general freight, and metal sheets, coils and rolls. Roadside inspections recorded 3 different power units by VIN over two years, against 12 reported. Inspectors stopped its vehicles 8 times in two years across 2 states, most often in Indiana.
From CarrierTrail’s copy of the FMCSA census, published Oct 28, 2026. Record present in this snapshot. Official record: SAFER · Motus
- Safety rating is more than 5 years old
Company identity and reported operations
| USDOT number | 71620 |
|---|---|
| Legal name | JOHN KAUSER TRUCKING SERVICE INC |
| Doing business as / DBA | Not reported |
| MC docket identifiers | MC 102343 |
| Reported physical address | 850 W HARRISON ST, PAULDING, OH, 45879, US |
| Reported business phone | (419) 399-4856 |
| Reported power units | 12 |
| Reported drivers | 10 |
| Reported MCS-150 date | Oct 06, 2025 |
| Company officers (as filed) | Lucinda B Kauser, John Michael Kauser |
| Carrier operation | Interstate |
| Entity type | Carrier |
| Hazmat indicator | No |
| Mailing address | 10202 SR 500, PAULDING, OH, 45879 |
| Business organization (recorded at review) | Corporation |
| Latest FMCSA review | Safety review · May 23, 1988 |
| Census status code | A |
| Safety rating | Satisfactory |
| Safety rating date | Jun 27, 1988 |
Fleet, equipment and drivers
JOHN KAUSER TRUCKING SERVICE INC reports this equipment and these drivers on its MCS-150. Owned, term-leased and trip-leased units are counted separately.
No change in power units or drivers since CarrierTrail first recorded this carrier on Sep 12, 2026.
Counts as filed on the carrier’s MCS-150. Miles per power unit divides the reported annual miles by the reported power units.
Public inspection, violation and crash summary
FMCSA public SMS input records from 2024-09-25 through 2026-09-24.
8 roadside inspections between Sep 2024 and Sep 2026, in 2 states. Inspected in 6 of 25 months; busiest Oct 2024 with 3.
| Inspections | 8 |
|---|---|
| Driver out-of-service rate | 0.0% (0 of 8) |
| Vehicle out-of-service rate | 0.0% (0 of 3) |
| Violations | 6 across 6 inspections |
| Out-of-service violations | 0 |
| Crashes | 1 |
| Fatal / injury / tow-away crashes | 0 / 1 / 1 |
| Fatalities / injuries reported | 0 / 1 |
Most frequent published violation codes
39378AWSWashers - Inoperative washing system.23922SLLFCState/Local Laws - Following too closely13922SLLMLState/Local Laws - Failure to maintain lane13922SLLS2State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit13922SLLSWZState/Local Laws - Speeding work/construction zone1
Crash involvement does not establish fault. Inspection summaries, safety ratings and restricted BASIC measures are different concepts.
Reported cargo and business classification
JOHN KAUSER TRUCKING SERVICE INC reports AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE in the census and lists 11 cargo categories.
- General freight
- Metal sheets, coils and rolls
- Building materials
- Machinery and large objects
- Liquids and gases
- Grain, feed and hay
- Coal and coke
- Dry bulk commodities
- Farm supplies
- Construction
- Other: UNSPECIFIED
Record dates and observed changes
- Added to the census (not company founding date)
- Jun 01, 1974
- Carrier-reported MCS-150 filing date
- Oct 06, 2025
- Census source publication
- Oct 28, 2026 10:49 UTC
- First observed by CarrierTrail
- Sep 12, 2026 19:56 UTC
Source publication, carrier filing and our observation dates describe different events. An older filing date alone does not establish noncompliance.
Public-field differences from up to ten recent census change events are shown below.
No public-field changes are recorded in our observation window for this carrier. This does not mean the carrier never changed its details; tracking begins at the first observation shown above.
Authority and insurance
No matching authority or insurance filings were found in the latest check.
Shared contact details
How many other records in the current FMCSA census report the same phone number or the same physical address as USDOT 71620. Companies share offices, agents and phone lines for ordinary reasons; a match is context to check, not a finding.
Explore these reported cargo categories
General freightBuilding materialsMachinery and large objectsMetal sheets, coils and rollsDry bulk commodities
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