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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 11 times across 1 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.
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 mi2 drivers
- Company officer
- DONALD BERQUIST
- Operation
- Interstate · Hazmat
- D-U-N-S
- 76882666
- Registered since
- 1991-07-26
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2020-12-23
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 4 trucks · 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.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares phone numbers or officers with 9 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
57 events- 02/24/2021Insurance cancelled — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY · policy SB190008
- 12/23/2020MCS-150 update filed
39.0M mi reported (2018)
- 01/01/2020Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA190003
- 01/28/2019Insurance name changed — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA190003
- 01/10/2019Insurance cancelled — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA190003
- 01/01/2019Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA190003
- 12/26/2018BROKER — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/21/2018)
- 12/26/2018COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/21/2018)
- 12/26/2018CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/21/2018)
- 12/11/2018Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA190003
- 01/01/2018Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA170003
- 01/01/2017Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA150002
- 11/30/2015Insurance name changed — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA150002
- 11/09/2015Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA150002
- 10/28/2015BROKER — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (11/10/2015)
- 10/28/2015COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (11/10/2015)
- 10/28/2015CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (11/10/2015)
- 06/03/2015Insurance cancelled — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY · policy SB130004
- 05/04/2015Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY · policy SB130004
- 04/14/2015Insurance name changed — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA150002
- 03/12/2015BROKER — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (03/11/2015)
- 03/12/2015COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (03/11/2015)
- 03/12/2015CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (03/11/2015)
- 03/10/2015Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA150002
- 12/31/2014Insurance name changed — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA130009
- 11/28/2014BROKER — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/05/2014)
- 11/28/2014COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/05/2014)
- 11/28/2014CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/05/2014)
- 10/01/2013Insurance replaced — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY · policy SB050037
- 01/09/2013Insurance cancelled — CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA120010
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
- Non-ratable review
- Rated
- 1992-12-21
- Last review
- 2015-12-17
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2020-12-23
- Reported mileage
- 39,039,648 mi (2018)
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