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MONTANA MERCHANDISING INC

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Company CheckMONTANA MERCHANDISING INC · DOT 1413040

DBA: T & M TRANSPORTING

2123 VAUGHN ROAD, GREAT FALLS, MT, 59404

DOT# 1413040 MC# 211206 Great Falls, Montana 37 years

CARRIER & BROKER DBA name changed · Aug 18, 2026

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2

Power Units

2

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

$75,000 bond

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

2

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Sep 8, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 1

Aug 18, 2026
DBA name changed.

Safety & compliance 1

Mar 26, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

Insurance 3

Current
Active surety bond on file ($75,000).
Oct 12, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (SURETEC INSURANCE COMPANY).
Oct 1, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (SURETEC INSURANCE COMPANY).

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

Company Information

Legal NameMONTANA MERCHANDISING INC

DBA NameT & M TRANSPORTING

DOT Number1413040

MC Number211206

Entity TypeCarrier & Broker

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationGreat Falls, Montana

Added09/06/2005

MCS-15003/18/2026

Contact Details

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Physical Address2123 VAUGHN ROAD, GREAT FALLS, MT, 59404

Mailing Address2123 VAUGHN ROAD, GREAT FALLS, MT, 59404

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 · 06/01/2026

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

Last checked09/08/2026

TypeSurety Bond (BMC-84)

Surety / TrusteeJET INSURANCE COMPANY

Contact☎ (855) 296-2663
🌐 jetsurety.com

Filings on record7

Bond history

JET INSURANCE COMPANYsince Oct 1, 2025 · active

SURETEC INSURANCE COMPANYOct 2014 to Oct 2025 · CANCELLED

GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.Oct 2013 to Oct 2014 · replaced

WELLS FARGO BANK, MONTANA, N.A.May 2002 to Oct 2013 · replaced

CONTRACTOR'S BONDING AND INSURANCE COMPANYSep 1994 to Feb 2002 · replaced

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Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationC - Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)

DocketMC211206

CommonNot Active

ContractNot Active

BrokerActive

Operating37 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For HirePrivate (Property)

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.

Drivers

2

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

2

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

Insurance

Amount$75,000 bond

Type84

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/01/2026

CompanyJET INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #JT021631

Last checked09/08/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier & Broker

Fleet2 units

Drivers2

Operating37 years

MCS-15003/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total1

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total1

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below 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

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, 1 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 (1)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
03/26/2025	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	CONRAD MT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections1

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
84	SURETY	GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.	2410074	$0	10/04/2013	10/01/2013	Replaced
84	SURETY	SURETEC INSURANCE COMPANY	3369077	$0	10/01/2014	10/01/2025	Replaced
84	SURETY	SURETEC INSURANCE COMPANY	3369077	$0	10/01/2014	10/12/2025	Cancelled
84	SURETY	GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.	2410074	$0	10/01/2013	10/01/2014	Replaced
84	SURETY	GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.	2410074	$0	10/01/2013	10/18/2014	Cancelled
84	SURETY	CONTRACTOR'S BONDING AND INSURANCE COMPANY	MT0048	$0	09/21/1994	02/14/2002	Transferred
85	TRUST FUND	WELLS FARGO BANK, MONTANA, N.A.	NONE	$0	05/08/2002	10/04/2013	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC211206	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	12/16/1988	TRANSFERRED	01/18/2002
MC211206	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/14/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/02/2005
MC211206	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	DISMISSED	09/07/1996	-	-
MC211206	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	DISMISSED	09/07/1996	-	-
MC211206	PROPERTY BROKER	REINSTATED	05/30/2002	-	-
MC211206	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	01/18/2002	REVOKED	05/03/2002

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 broker authority.

Active insurance on file

Active broker authority on file, FMCSA requires a BMC-84 surety bond 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.

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