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Company CheckMERCHANTS MOVING & STORAGE INC · DOT 1124148

DBA: MERCHANTS MOVING & STORAGE

1410 N 1ST STREET, HAMILTON, MT, 59840

DOT# 1124148 MC# 459020 Hamilton, Montana 23 years

CARRIER Legal name changed · Jun 19, 2026

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

3 events tracked · latest Jun 19, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 1

Jun 19, 2026
Company legal name changed.

Safety & compliance 2

Oct 1, 2024
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Oct 1, 2024
Roadside inspection, 4 violations (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

Phone(406) 363-4314

Fax(406) 363-9195

Email[email protected]

Physical Address1410 N 1ST STREET, HAMILTON, MT, 59840

Mailing Address1410 N 1ST ST, HAMILTON, MT, 59840

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC459020

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating23 years

Company Overview

MERCHANTS MOVING & STORAGE INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Hamilton, Montana. The company has been in operation for 23 years, registered with the FMCSA on 04/30/2003. The fleet consists of 17 power units and 7 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 10,000 miles (2024). With zero crashes across 2 inspections, MERCHANTS MOVING & STORAGE INC maintains an excellent safety record. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.. Active operating authorities include Common, Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, MERCHANTS MOVING & STORAGE INC has a Trust Score of 95/100 (Excellent).

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 12 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage10,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS50.0% avg 20.7%

Last Review10/03/2024

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective06/01/2021

CompanyTRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.

Policy #TCP0002358

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet17 units

Drivers7

Mileage10,000 mi

Operating23 years

MCS-15010/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Vehicle Inspections

Total2

Out of Service1

OOS Rate50.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 10/03/2024 | Rated: 10/10/2024

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

2024

2 · 1 OOS -

Crashes

No crashes on record.

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 Oct 2024, 2 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (50% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

5 roadside violations across 2 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

Vehicle Maintenance 5 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 (2)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
10/01/2024	MT	Terminal (Level V)	HAMILTON MT	1	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
10/01/2024	MT	Terminal (Level V)	HAMILTON MT	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections2

Vehicle Maintenance 2 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
34	CARGO	TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	TCP0001698	$0	08/01/2019	06/01/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	TCP0001698	$1,000,000	08/01/2019	06/01/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	MILWAUKEE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	MPP1022379	$750,000	08/01/2017	08/01/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	WPP1177187	$1,000,000	08/01/2014	08/01/2017	Replaced
34	CARGO	GRANITE STATE INSURANCE CO.	006437170	$0	08/01/2010	08/01/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANITE STATE INSURANCE CO.	006437170	$1,000,000	08/01/2010	08/01/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANITE STATE INSURANCE CO.	006267775	$1,000,000	08/01/2010	08/01/2010	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANITE STATE INSURANCE CO.	006267775	$1,000,000	08/01/2010	08/01/2010	Replaced
34	CARGO	GRANITE STATE INSURANCE CO.	006437170	$0	08/01/2010	08/01/2010	Replaced
34	CARGO	GRANITE STATE INSURANCE CO.	006 437 170	$0	06/01/2004	08/01/2010	Replaced
34	CARGO	GRANITE STATE INSURANCE CO.	006 437 170	$0	06/01/2004	05/07/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANITE STATE INSURANCE CO.	00 626 77 75	$1,000,000	06/01/2004	05/07/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANITE STATE INSURANCE CO.	00 626 77 75	$1,000,000	06/01/2004	08/01/2010	Replaced
34	CARGO	TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	TCP100633	$0	06/01/2003	07/15/2004	Cancelled
34	CARGO	TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	TCP100633	$0	06/01/2003	06/01/2004	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	TCP100633	$750,000	06/01/2003	07/15/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRANSGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA INC.	TCP100633	$750,000	06/01/2003	06/01/2004	Replaced
34	CARGO	AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY	8H1 MZG 80799385	$0	06/01/2002	06/01/2003	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY	8H1 MZG 80799385	$1,000,000	06/01/2002	07/31/2003	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC459020	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/18/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/13/2004
MC459020	HOUSEHOLD GOODS COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	05/27/2003	-	-
MC459020	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	04/10/2014	-	-
MC459020	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	04/10/2014	-	-

No revocation records.

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95/100

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 95

Starts at 100−5 totalFinal 95

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

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

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 50% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 50% vs national avg 20.72%.

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) knockout	−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.

MERCHANTS MOVING & STORAGE INC

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SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (2)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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