TENNANT TRUCK LINES 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 5 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.
CSA performance breakdown
FMCSA · August 28, 20260 inspections · 0 violations (0 OOS) · —% of inspections had an OOS finding.
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.
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+ mi45 drivers
- Interstate · <100 mi3 drivers
- Company officer
- CLIFF BECKHAM
- Operation
- Interstate
- D-U-N-S
- 5968821
- Registered since
- 1974-06-01
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2017-01-24
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 55 trucks · 55 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.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares phone numbers or officers with 6 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
36 events- 06/30/2018Insurance cancelled — ILLINOIS NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy TP9882806 01
- 06/14/2018Insurance cancelled — PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.
TRUST FUND · policy NONE
- 06/30/2017Insurance cancelled — AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION
BIPD/Primary · policy T5A2TP0000045-03
- 06/05/2017COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (06/27/2017)
- 06/05/2017CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (06/27/2017)
- 01/24/2017MCS-150 update filed
7.7M mi reported (2016)
- 10/01/2016Insurance replaced — AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION
BIPD/Primary · policy T5A2TP0000045-02
- 05/12/2016Insurance cancelled — PLATTE RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY · policy 41340456
- 04/28/2016Insurance replaced — GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy MCP02533A
- 04/15/2016BROKER — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (05/12/2016)
- 04/01/2016Insurance replaced — AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION
BIPD/Primary · policy T5A2TP0000045-02
- 03/31/2016Insurance replaced — GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy MCP02533A
- 03/24/2016Insurance cancelled — OLD REPUBLIC SURETY COMPANY
SURETY · policy RLI0561375
- 02/26/2016BROKER — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (03/24/2016)
- 10/01/2013Insurance replaced — OLD REPUBLIC SURETY COMPANY
SURETY · policy RLI 561375
- 03/20/2013Insurance cancelled — NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy VPP 4900051-00
- 03/01/2013Insurance replaced — NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy VPP 4900051-00
- 02/21/2013COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (03/01/2013)
- 02/21/2013CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (03/01/2013)
- 12/03/2010Insurance cancelled — GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy CLP34182E
- 11/01/2010Insurance replaced — GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy CLP34182E
- 08/24/2003Insurance cancelled — CAPITOL INDEMNITY CORPORATION
SURETY · policy 712888
- 09/02/1999PROPERTY BROKER — GRANTED
REVOKED (06/20/2018)
- 11/01/1997Insurance replaced — GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy CLP34182A
- 04/09/1985MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (07/09/2018)
- 01/18/1985MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (07/09/2018)
- 09/04/1984MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (07/09/2018)
- 05/13/1983MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (07/09/2018)
- 05/03/1983MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (07/09/2018)
- 07/16/1981MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (07/09/2018)
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Satisfactory
- Type
- —
- Rated
- 1980-09-10
- Last review
- —
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2017-01-24
- Reported mileage
- 7,733,658 mi (2016)
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