BIRCHSTONE MANAGEMENT LLC
Risk factors
Low 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 16 times across 6 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
- Intrastate · <100 mi1 drivers
- Company officer
- BRIAN HOTCHKISS
- Operation
- Interstate
- D-U-N-S
- 830816786
- Registered since
- 1994-07-25
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2024-07-10
- Census status
- Active
Fleet: 3 trucks · 2 owned tractors · 20 owned trailers.
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 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
66 events- 10/01/2025Insurance filed — ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy ISAH10846158
- 10/01/2025Insurance replaced — ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy ISAH11347228
- 10/01/2024Insurance replaced — ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy ISAH10764543
- 07/10/2024MCS-150 update filed
0.0M mi reported (2022)
- 02/01/2024Insurance replaced — CARDINAL LOGISTICS RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC
BIPD/Primary · policy RRG154105
- 12/30/2019Insurance name changed — AGCS MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy MXI93023968
- 12/30/2019Insurance name changed — NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Excess · policy 42-RLO-301795-01
- 12/30/2019Insurance name changed — ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy LMT H08250467
- 12/03/2019Insurance replaced — ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy LMT H08250467
- 11/27/2019COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/04/2019)
- 11/27/2019CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/04/2019)
- 09/30/2015Insurance cancelled — AIG EUROPE LIMITED
BIPD/Excess · policy 62785226
- 09/30/2014Insurance cancelled — AIG EUROPE LIMITED
BIPD/Excess · policy 62785226
- 10/30/2013Insurance cancelled — HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY · policy 46BSBFI4509
- 09/30/2013Insurance cancelled — LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Excess · policy 062785226
- 09/30/2012Insurance cancelled — LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Excess · policy 062785226
- 09/30/2010Insurance cancelled — LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Excess · policy 2213737
- 09/30/2010Insurance replaced — FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.
CARGO · policy MXI-93010600
- 09/30/2009Insurance replaced — LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy 6083189
- 04/02/2009Insurance cancelled — ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy LMT H08250467
- 03/30/2009Insurance name changed — FIDELITY & DEPOSIT CO. OF MARYLAND
SURETY · policy LPM7582555
- 03/30/2009Insurance name changed — ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy LMT H08246506
- 03/30/2009Insurance name changed — LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy 6083189
- 03/06/2009BROKER — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (03/11/2009)
- 03/06/2009COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (03/27/2009)
- 02/24/2009BROKER — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (02/20/2009)
- 02/24/2009COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (02/27/2009)
- 02/24/2009CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (02/27/2009)
- 02/17/2009Insurance replaced — FIDELITY & DEPOSIT CO. OF MARYLAND
SURETY · policy LPM7582555
- 02/17/2009Insurance replaced — ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY · policy LMT H08250467
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
- Compliance review
- Rated
- 2003-07-22
- Last review
- 2003-07-22
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2024-07-10
- Reported mileage
- 10 mi (2022)
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