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Company CheckKGB INC · DOT 1265031

DBA: LIGHTNING EXPRESS TOWING

N2880 COUNTY RD K, MERRILL, WI, 54452

DOT# 1265031 MC# 996811 Merrill, Wisconsin 9 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

2 events tracked · latest Jul 16, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 2

Jul 16, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jun 4, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

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Physical AddressN2880 COUNTY RD K, MERRILL, WI, 54452

Mailing Address1414 SCHOFIELD AVE, SCHOFIELD, WI, 54476

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC996811

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating9 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 1 · 2 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 5 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatYes

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS33.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective07/01/2025

CompanyARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY

Policy #CA999315116

Last checked09/09/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet11 units

Drivers7

Operating9 years

MCS-15004/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total3

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total3

Out of Service1

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

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 -

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 Jul 2026, 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.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

5 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 3 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 1 violation · 0 OOS

Other (General) 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	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/16/2026	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	HANCOCK WI	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
06/04/2025	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	RHINELANDER WI	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/10/2024	WI	Full (Level I)	HANCOCK WI	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/09/2024	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	WRIGHTSTOWN WI	5	2	0	2	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections4

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 2 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	SECURA INSURANCE COMPANY	A3365756	$1,000,000	12/22/2022	07/01/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	02TRM018417-01	$1,000,000	11/11/2016	08/18/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	02TRM018417-02	$1,000,000	08/18/2017	02/13/2018	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP215116	$1,000,000	07/26/2021	07/01/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP215116	$1,000,000	07/26/2021	07/26/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP110810	$1,000,000	07/26/2020	05/24/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP110810	$1,000,000	07/26/2020	06/10/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GERMANTOWN MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	6950794	$1,000,000	07/26/2019	07/26/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP530556	$1,000,000	07/01/2024	07/01/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP530556	$1,000,000	07/01/2024	07/03/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SECURA INSURANCE COMPANY	A 3365756	$750,000	07/01/2022	12/22/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP110810	$1,000,000	05/24/2021	07/26/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PIONEER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CID 1120857	$750,000	01/30/2018	07/26/2019	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC996811	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	12/01/2016	-	-
MC996811	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/24/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/28/2017
MC996811	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/29/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/27/2021
MC996811	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/29/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/22/2020
MC996811	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/06/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/26/2025
MC996811	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/04/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/27/2024
MC996811	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/14/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/25/2021
MC996811	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/11/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/13/2018

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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

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 33.3333% 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 33.3333% 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)	−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.

KGB INC

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (4)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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