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CHRISTOPHER J BARD

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Company CheckCHRISTOPHER J BARD · DOT 1226496

DBA: CHRIS BARD TRUCKING

114 PILLSBURY LANE, FARMINGTON, ME, 04938

DOT# 1226496 MC# 499887 Farmington, Maine 21 years

MOTOR CARRIER

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4

Power Units

1

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

0

Inspections

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Company Information

Legal NameCHRISTOPHER J BARD

DBA NameCHRIS BARD TRUCKING

DOT Number1226496

MC Number499887

Entity TypeMotor Carrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationFarmington, Maine

Added03/23/2004

MCS-15004/12/2024

Contact Details

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Physical Address114 PILLSBURY LANE, FARMINGTON, ME, 04938

Mailing Address114 PILLSBURY LANE, FARMINGTON, ME, 04938

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationC - Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)

DocketMC499887

CommonInactive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating21 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For HireExempt 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 Mileage45,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

1

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

1

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeMotor Carrier

Fleet4 units

Drivers1

Mileage45,000 mi

Operating21 years

MCS-15004/2024

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

1 · 1 OOS -

2025

1 · 0 OOS ▼

2026

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 May 2026, 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 (3)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/14/2026	ME	Walk-Around (Level II)	ME	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/05/2025	ME	Driver-Only (Level III)	AUBURN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/19/2024	ME	Walk-Around (Level II)	AUBURN	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections2

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN523775	$750,000	11/09/2006	05/08/2008	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN523775	$0	11/09/2006	05/08/2008	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70MTN461351	$0	10/04/2006	11/09/2006	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHWESTERN INS. CO.	CA 2526540	$1,000,000	09/15/2006	11/09/2006	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	478642	$750,000	09/14/2005	09/14/2006	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	C322563	$0	09/14/2005	09/14/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	456871	$1,000,000	09/14/2004	09/14/2005	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	C322084	$0	09/14/2004	09/14/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	PRA0190127	$750,000	09/06/2016	09/06/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GRT44465A	$1,000,000	07/29/2025	10/07/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 3167848	$750,000	07/29/2016	09/06/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 7956856	$750,000	04/09/2012	06/21/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 7956856	$25,050	03/22/2012	03/22/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 7956856	$1,000,000	03/22/2012	04/09/2012	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC499887	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	10/10/2006	REVOKED	11/15/2006
MC499887	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	09/29/2004	REVOKED	09/20/2006
MC499887	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/18/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/19/2005
MC499887	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	08/08/2016	REVOKED	09/12/2018
MC499887	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	03/27/2012	REVOKED	06/27/2012
MC499887	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	01/22/2007	REVOKED	05/14/2008

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48/100

Fair

NOT 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 48

48

−25

−15

−10

Starts at 100−52 totalFinal 48

No insurance or bond on file−25

No active operating authority−15

MCS-150 update overdue−10

No email address on file−2

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

No active for-hire or broker authority on file.

Active insurance on file

No active insurance / coverage amount on file.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-25

No insurance or bond on file FAILS VERIFICATION

No active insurance or surety bond is recorded with FMCSA, and no active authority that would require it.

-15

No active operating authority FAILS VERIFICATION

No active for-hire (common/contract) or broker authority on file.

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

-2

No email address on file

No public email address on record.

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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