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KEN ZYLSTRA

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Company CheckKEN ZYLSTRA · DOT 1083679

DBA: ZYLSTRA TRUCKING

71660 130TH AVE, BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MN, 55917

DOT# 1083679 MC# 449340 Blooming Prairie, Minnesota 23 years

MOTOR CARRIER

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2

Power Units

2

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

0

Inspections

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Public record

3 events tracked · latest Jan 11, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 3

Jan 11, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Dec 8, 2024
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Nov 14, 2024
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

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

Company Information

Legal NameKEN ZYLSTRA

DBA NameZYLSTRA TRUCKING

DOT Number1083679

MC Number449340

Entity TypeMotor Carrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationBlooming Prairie, Minnesota

Added12/30/2002

MCS-15006/02/2025

Contact Details

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Physical Address71660 130TH AVE, BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MN, 55917

Mailing Address71660 130TH AVE, BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MN, 55917

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC449340

CommonInactive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating23 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage230,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

2

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

2

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeMotor Carrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers2

Mileage230,000 mi

Operating23 years

MCS-15006/2025

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

0 · 0 OOS -

2024

3 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

1 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

0 crashes ▼

2025

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 Jan 2025, 3 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean, no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

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
10/04/2023	KRONENWETTER	WI	0	0	1	1	Clear	Dry	Dawn

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

1 roadside violations across 3 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 1 violation · 0 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 (4)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
01/11/2025	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	RATON PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/08/2024	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I474	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/14/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	CLARKS GROVE MN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/07/2024	UT	Full (Level I)	HELPER UT	6	4	0	1	0	3	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections3

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN105420	$750,000	11/14/2012	03/07/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN376197	$750,000	08/23/2024	05/07/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN376197	$750,000	08/23/2024	04/07/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN376197	$750,000	05/09/2024	08/23/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA0489543	$750,000	04/14/2021	04/07/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY	7849342	$750,000	04/07/2025	10/17/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN300705	$750,000	04/07/2021	05/09/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 0489543	$750,000	03/06/2019	04/14/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 0489543	$750,000	03/06/2019	04/07/2021	Replaced
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP27891A	$0	02/20/2005	06/14/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP27891A	$1,000,000	02/20/2005	06/14/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	444635	$1,000,000	02/20/2004	02/20/2005	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	C307597	$0	02/20/2004	02/20/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TC373440	$1,000,000	02/20/2003	03/26/2004	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NORTHLAND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TC373440	$0	02/20/2003	02/20/2004	Replaced
34	CARGO	NORTHLAND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TC373440	$0	02/20/2003	03/26/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TC373440	$1,000,000	02/20/2003	02/20/2004	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC449340	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	11/16/2012	REVOKED	02/18/2014
MC449340	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/29/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/08/2024
MC449340	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/12/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/23/2024
MC449340	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/18/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/25/2021
MC449340	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	03/14/2019	-	-
MC449340	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/28/2003	REVOKED	06/21/2010
MC449340	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/24/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/17/2005

MC	Authority Type	Revocation Date	Type	Reinstate Date
MC449340	COMMON	02/10/2014	VOLUNTARY REVOCATION
MC449340	COMMON	05/18/2010	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/21/2010

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100/100

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

100, no deductions

Clean record, the bar stays full at 100.

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Active for-hire authority on file, FMCSA requires insurance to keep it active.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

Clean record, no deductions. This carrier starts and stays at 100.

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.

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