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HAROLD G HOWDAHL JR

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Company CheckHAROLD G HOWDAHL JR · DOT 116586

DBA: HOWDAHL TRUCKING

18100 COUNTY ROAD 4, GREENBUSH, MN, 56726

DOT# 116586 MC# 347209 Greenbush, Minnesota 27 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Physical Address18100 COUNTY ROAD 4, GREENBUSH, MN, 56726

Mailing Address18100 COUNTY ROAD 4, GREENBUSH, MN, 56726

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC347209

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating27 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 1 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage173,390 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review05/16/2013

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/01/2026

CompanyCIRCLE STAR INSURANCE CO., A R R G

Policy #AL304932-35948

Last checked09/17/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers2

Mileage173,390 mi

Operating27 years

MCS-15005/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total4

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total2

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 05/16/2013 | Rated: 10/13/1989

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

4 · 0 OOS -

2025

1 · 0 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 Mar 2025, 2 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.

Inspection Records (5)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	HazMat
03/17/2025	NM	Full (Level I)	SAN JON PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/18/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	ERSKINE MN	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/21/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	39 - I35 SB MM 212 NORTHWOOD	3	2	1	-	▲Detail
06/29/2024	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	MOORETON ND	3	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/05/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VIVIAN SD	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections3

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	STAR INSURANCE COMPANY	CP0107386	$1,000,000	10/19/1999	03/28/2002	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	REDLAND INSURANCE CO.	RTP511014	$1,000,000	10/19/1998	10/19/1999	Replaced
34	CARGO	REDLAND INSURANCE CO.	RTP511014	$0	10/19/1998	03/28/2002	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA941290148	$750,000	09/25/2023	08/22/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CIRCLE STAR INSURANCE CO., A R R G	AL304932-23136	$750,000	08/22/2024	08/22/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA941290148	$750,000	08/18/2020	09/25/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA00809753	$750,000	07/21/2020	09/22/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA00809753	$750,000	07/21/2020	08/18/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 0809753	$750,000	06/13/2019	07/21/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP40572A	$1,000,000	05/25/2018	06/13/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP40572A	$1,000,000	05/25/2018	06/27/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP30033A	$1,000,000	04/01/2017	05/31/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP30033A	$1,000,000	04/01/2017	05/25/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN188616	$750,000	04/01/2016	05/02/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN188616	$750,000	04/01/2016	04/01/2017	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	NDP-000278-01	$1,000,000	04/01/2015	04/01/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	NDP-000278-01	$1,000,000	04/01/2015	04/07/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP06532A	$1,000,000	03/28/2002	04/01/2015	Replaced
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP06532A	$0	03/28/2002	05/24/2015	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP06532A	$0	03/28/2002	03/28/2002	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP06532A	$1,000,000	03/28/2002	03/28/2002	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC347209	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	11/28/2023	-	-
MC347209	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	11/28/2023	-	-
MC347209	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	11/04/1998	REVOKED	11/22/2023
MC347209	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	11/04/1998	REVOKED	11/22/2023
MC347209	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/28/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/20/2025
MC347209	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/28/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/20/2025
MC347209	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/24/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/22/2020
MC347209	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/24/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/22/2020
MC347209	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/31/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/14/2019
MC347209	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/31/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/14/2019
MC347209	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/04/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/29/2018
MC347209	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/04/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/29/2018
MC347209	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/11/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/01/2016
MC347209	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/11/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/01/2016
MC347209	PROPERTY BROKER	WITHDRAWN	01/12/2021	-	-

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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

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

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.

HAROLD G HOWDAHL JR

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Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Inspection Records (5)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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