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JOEL SINCLAIR LLC

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Company CheckJOEL SINCLAIR LLC · DOT 1327704

307 NORTH EAST STREET, SPENCER, NE, 68777

DOT# 1327704 MC# 513636 Spencer, Nebraska 21 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Physical Address307 NORTH EAST STREET, SPENCER, NE, 68777

Mailing AddressPO BOX 285, SPENCER, NE, 68777

Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

Brokers must keep a $75,000 surety bond or trust fund on file with FMCSA. If it lapses, FMCSA revokes the broker’s authority, so an active bond is the key thing a carrier should verify before hauling for a broker.

Bond StatusActive

On File (FMCSA)$75,000

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/28/2026

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

Last checked09/08/2026

TypeSurety Bond (BMC-84)

Surety / TrusteeMERCHANTS NATIONAL BONDING, INC

Contact☎ (515) 243-8171
🌐 merchantsbonding.com

Filings on record2

Bond history

MERCHANTS NATIONAL BONDING, INCsince Feb 17, 2021 · active

PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.Feb 2021 to Feb 2021 · replaced

GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.Feb 2015 to Feb 2021 · CANCELLED

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Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC513636

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerActive

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 .33 · 1 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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage664,723 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review09/04/2014

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type84

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/28/2026

CompanyMERCHANTS NATIONAL BONDING, INC

Policy #101586021

Last checked09/08/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier & Broker

Fleet24 units

Drivers6

Mileage664,723 mi

Operating21 years

MCS-15004/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total8

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Last FMCSA Review: 09/04/2014

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

4 · 0 OOS -

2024

5 · 0 OOS =

2025

4 · 0 OOS =

2026

5 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

2 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▼

2025

0 crashes ▼

2026

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 Jul 2026, 10 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 (3)

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	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
06/10/2024	Rural	SD	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
11/14/2023	852ND ROAD / PRIVATE DRIVEWAY	NE	1	1	Clear	Dry	Dawn
11/09/2023	US HWY 81	NE	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

5 roadside violations across 10 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 2 violations · 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 (18)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	Driver Viol	HazMat
07/13/2026	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	IRENE SD	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/10/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	O'NEILL NE	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/30/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	SPENCER NE	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/31/2026	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	MIDWAY SD	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/26/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	INMAN SCALE	4	0	-	▲Detail
11/10/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON STATE HWY 7, 1817 FEET SOUT	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/27/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON US HWY 281, 595 FEET NORTH	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/15/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON STATE HWY 14, 331 FEET NORT	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/17/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON US HWY 20, 6 FEET SOUTH FRO	1	0	-	▲Detail
09/09/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	INMAN SCALE	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/03/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	INMAN SCALE	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/29/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON US HWY 281, 901 FEET SOUTH	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/23/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	MIDWAY SD	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/05/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON US HWY 20, 1753 FEET WEST O	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/08/2023	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON STATE HWY 14, 130 FEET SOUT	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/12/2023	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON US HWY 281, 21 FEET WEST FR	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/28/2023	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	HARTINGTON	1	1	-	▲Detail
08/24/2023	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON UNNAMED STREET, 397 FEET SO	1	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections11

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
85	TRUST FUND	PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.	NONE	$0	02/17/2021	02/17/2021	Replaced
84	SURETY	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	SIC18277A	$0	02/17/2015	02/17/2021	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP27614A	$0	02/04/2005	02/19/2013	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP27614A	$1,000,000	02/04/2005	01/11/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP27614A	$1,000,000	02/04/2005	02/19/2013	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP27614A	$1,000,000	01/11/2013	01/30/2014	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC513636	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	03/11/2015	-	-
MC513636	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/25/2005	-	-
MC513636	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/21/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/28/2021
MC513636	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/16/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/14/2013

No revocation records.

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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.

JOEL SINCLAIR LLC

Trust Score

Company Information

Contact Details

Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

Operating Authorities

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

Crash Records (3)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (18)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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