KARL'S MOTOR FREIGHT 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.
- Broker authority is inactive, not active.
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 censusPRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · 100+ mi22 drivers
- Intrastate · 100+ mi9 drivers
- Intrastate · <100 mi19 drivers
- Company officer
- JOHN HAENER
- Operation
- Interstate · Hazmat
- Registered since
- 2003-04-21
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2013-01-23
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 33 trucks · 6 owned tractors · 20 owned trailers · 2 leased/term 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.
Data change history
Every FMCSA record change we’ve detected — address, fleet size, contacts, MCS-150 — newest first.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares addresses, phone numbers, officers 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- 07/31/2013Insurance cancelled — THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 4022227662
- 01/23/2013MCS-150 update filed
1.5M mi reported (2012)
- 11/01/2012Insurance cancelled — TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 4015516014
- 11/01/2012Insurance cancelled — THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.
CARGO · policy 2091425623
- 07/01/2012Insurance replaced — TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 4015516014
- 08/06/2010Insurance cancelled — TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 2095172345
- 07/01/2010Insurance replaced — TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 2095172345
- 11/23/2009CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (06/23/2010)
- 11/23/2009BROKER — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (06/23/2010)
- 08/05/2009Insurance cancelled — WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 0110008753
- 07/09/2009CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (07/15/2009)
- 07/01/2009Insurance replaced — WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 0110008753
- 01/22/2008MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — DISMISSED
- 01/03/2008PROPERTY BROKER — GRANTED
REVOKED (12/09/2013)
- 09/10/2007Insurance filed — FRANKLIN STATE BANK
Property broker trust — BMC-85 · policy NONE
- 01/08/2007PROPERTY BROKER — DISMISSED
- 06/16/2003MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (08/07/2013)
- 04/21/2003Registered with FMCSA
PRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- PRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Conditional
- Type
- Compliance review
- Rated
- 2011-01-03
- Last review
- 2010-10-27
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2013-01-23
- Reported mileage
- 1,485,010 mi (2012)
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