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NORTHERN LIGHTS DISTRIBUTING INC

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Company CheckNORTHERN LIGHTS DISTRIBUTING INC · DOT 1027208

Private carrier, runs its own trucks and hauls its own freight

2949 8TH AVENUE SOUTH, FORT DODGE, IA, 50501

DOT# 1027208 Fort Dodge, Iowa

PRIVATE CARRIER

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Jun 15, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Jun 15, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Mar 19, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Dec 17, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Dec 16, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Dec 9, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address2949 8TH AVENUE SOUTH, FORT DODGE, IA, 50501

Mailing Address2949 8TH AVENUE SOUTH, FORT DODGE, IA, 50501

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

CommonNot Active

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operation Classification

Private (Property)Private Only

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 1.24 · 8 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 3.75 · 6 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage850,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS18.2% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review05/05/2016

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypePrivate Carrier

Fleet53 units

Drivers26

Mileage850,000 mi

MCS-15006/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total22

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total11

Out of Service2

OOS Rate18.2%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 05/05/2016

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

4 · 1 OOS -

2024

15 · 1 OOS =

2025

8 · 1 OOS =

2026

2 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

0 crashes ▼

2025

1 crash ▲

2026

0 crashes ▼

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Jun 2026, 17 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (5.9% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (2)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
12/17/2025	MADISON	WI	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
11/09/2023	US 20 WB 133.6	IA	0	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

18 roadside violations across 17 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Unsafe Driving 11 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 7 violations · 1 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (29)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/15/2026	IA	Full (Level I)	IA	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/19/2026	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 136/EAST MILL ST	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/16/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	MALLARD AVE AND 75TH ST	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/09/2025	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	39 - I35 SB MM 212 NORTHWOOD	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
11/06/2025	MN	Full (Level I)	ONAMIA MN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/28/2025	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	US-30	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/12/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	6TH ST SE/3RD AVE SE CEDAR RAP	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/29/2025	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	39 - I35 SB MM 212 NORTHWOOD	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/15/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	US 141 WB	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/10/2025	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	15 - I380 NB MM 51 BRANDON	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/04/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	IA 17 NB 42 MM	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
10/29/2024	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	COBB WI	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/16/2024	IA	Full (Level I)	44 - JCT HWY 71/20 EARLY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/08/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	US 9	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/01/2024	MN	Full (Level I)	ST. CLOUD MN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/13/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	44 - JCT HWY 71/20 EARLY	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/05/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 169 SB HWY 3 WB	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/29/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	39 - I35 SB MM 212 NORTHWOOD	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
07/24/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	170TH ST EB/EAST OF HWY 169	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/02/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	44 - JCT HWY 71/20 EARLY	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
06/11/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 7 EB/KELLY AVE	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
06/05/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 13/	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
06/04/2024	IA	Full (Level I)	39 - I35 SB MM 212 NORTHWOOD	4	3	0	0	4	3	-	▲Detail
04/29/2024	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	DICKEYVILLE SWEF	5	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/25/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 169 NB	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/28/2023	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	HWY 20 EB EXIY 140	5	3	1	1	4	2	-	▲Detail
11/09/2023	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	HWY 20 WEST BOUND/EAST BOUND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/27/2023	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	NEW ULM	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
09/28/2023	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 3 WB/LEE AVE	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections20

Unsafe Driving 8 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 6 viols

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

No authority history.

No revocation records.

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97/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 97

Starts at 100−3 totalFinal 97

Operating history unknown−3

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Operating authority N/A

Not required for private carriers, a private carrier hauls its own goods and needs no for-hire operating authority (no MC number) under FMCSA.

Insurance on file with FMCSA N/A

Not required for private carriers, a non-hazmat private carrier hauling its own goods is generally not required to file proof of insurance with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

NORTHERN LIGHTS DISTRIBUTING INC

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SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Safety Summary

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (2)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (29)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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