MARK HESS FARMS
Legal: MARK R HESS
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.
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;EXEMPT FOR HIRE
- Interstate · <100 mi1 drivers
- Company officer
- MARK HESS
- Operation
- Interstate
- Registered since
- 1998-08-21
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2019-04-16
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 1 trucks · 1 owned tractors · 2 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.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares addresses, 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
15 events- 04/16/2019MCS-150 update filed
0.1M mi reported (2014)
- 03/14/2019Insurance cancelled — NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy WN253402
- 01/18/2019Insurance replaced — ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA5843470
- 01/18/2017Insurance replaced — ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 3829183
- 01/03/2017Insurance cancelled — ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 3829183
- 07/16/2016Insurance cancelled — WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy BA2602278
- 06/22/2016Insurance replaced — WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy BA2602278
- 05/24/2015Insurance cancelled — NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 73TRS045524
- 03/09/2015Insurance replaced — COUNTRY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy AV900050600
- 07/01/2008Insurance cancelled — NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 72TRS005443
- 06/09/2008Insurance filed — COUNTRY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
Cargo — BMC-34 · policy AB900050500
- 06/09/2008Insurance replaced — NATIONAL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 72TRS005443
- 06/04/2008COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (06/30/2008)
- 04/11/2008MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (07/26/2010)
- 08/21/1998Registered with FMCSA
PRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- PRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Satisfactory
- Type
- Compliance review
- Rated
- 2016-11-03
- Last review
- 2016-10-17
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2019-04-16
- Reported mileage
- 53,000 mi (2014)
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