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Company CheckTRAVIS MICHELS TRUCKING INC · DOT 1770221

1332 HENLEY AVE, HAZELTON, IA, 50641

DOT# 1770221 MC# 646321 Hazelton, Iowa 18 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest Feb 27, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Feb 27, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Feb 18, 2026
Roadside inspection, 7 violations (no OOS).
Jan 29, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jan 16, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jun 17, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION CONTRACT.

Insurance 1

Sep 22, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (CIRCLE STAR INSURANCE CO., A R R G).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address1332 HENLEY AVE, HAZELTON, IA, 50641

Mailing Address1332 HENLEY AVE, HAZELTON, IA, 50641

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC646321

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating18 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 9.96 · 8 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .65 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 8 · 6 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage595,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

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 OOS5.6% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS25.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective06/16/2025

CompanyCIRCLE STAR INSURANCE CO., A R R G

Policy #AL311251-33112

Last checked09/09/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet9 units

Drivers5

Mileage595,000 mi

Operating18 years

MCS-15001/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total18

Out of Service1

OOS Rate5.6%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total8

Out of Service2

OOS Rate25.0%

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

2023

4 · 0 OOS -

2024

7 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

7 · 1 OOS ▼

2026

6 · 1 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 Feb 2026, 17 inspections, 3 resulted in out-of-service (17.6% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

47 roadside violations across 17 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 22 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 17 violations · 2 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 8 violations · 1 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 (24)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
02/27/2026	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 20 WB 296MM	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/18/2026	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SB I380 / FOREVERGREEN RD	7	0	5	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
01/29/2026	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SPRAGUE WA	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/16/2026	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	GALLUP PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/12/2026	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	JEFFERSON SD	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
01/02/2026	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	HINDMAN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/26/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 218 MM 65.5 SB	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/22/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/07/2025	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	EDGERTON WI	6	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/23/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	WATERLOO NY	5	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
07/14/2025	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	EB DYERSVILLE, HWY 20	4	0	0	0	4	0	-	▲Detail
03/12/2025	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/03/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 3 AND QUARTER AVE READLYN	4	0	1	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
12/26/2024	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	FARGO ND	5	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/22/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	45 - HWY 218 NB MM 29 PILOT GR	5	1	4	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/25/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	SPICELAND IN	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/21/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 20 WB MM 118	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/16/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	HWY 20 EB MM 115	3	0	2	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/08/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	I35 NB CLEAR LAKE	4	1	2	1	2	0	-	▲Detail
01/30/2024	CO	Walk-Around (Level II)	BROOMFIELD CO	6	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/08/2023	MO	Driver-Only (Level III)	HARRISONVILLE MO	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/13/2023	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	NB HWY 63/CEDAR WAPSI	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
10/30/2023	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON STATE HWY 88, 2299 FEET EAS	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/26/2023	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALPARAISO IN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections18

Unsafe Driving 8 viols

HOS Compliance 4 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 6 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMERICAN EQUITY SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	GT102272	$750,000	11/30/2009	04/29/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMERICAN EQUITY SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	GT102272	$750,000	09/29/2009	11/30/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CIRCLE STAR INSURANCE CO., A R R G	AL311251-33112	$750,000	06/16/2025	06/16/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CIRCLE STAR INSURANCE CO., A R R G	AL311251-33112	$750,000	06/16/2025	09/22/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMERICAN EQUITY SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	GT102272	$750,000	05/29/2009	09/29/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	CL561360	$750,000	05/29/2008	05/29/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA996503660	$750,000	05/01/2025	06/16/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA996503660	$750,000	05/01/2025	07/03/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA05726201	$750,000	04/29/2010	04/01/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP86544A	$1,000,000	04/28/2011	03/18/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP86544A	$1,000,000	04/28/2011	04/22/2024	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA05726201	$750,000	04/01/2011	04/29/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP86544A	$1,000,000	03/18/2024	05/01/2025	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC646321	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/03/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/24/2009
MC646321	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/02/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/11/2009
MC646321	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/06/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/17/2025
MC646321	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	06/04/2008	-	-
MC646321	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/04/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/01/2009
MC646321	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/04/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/29/2011
MC646321	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/02/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/28/2010
MC646321	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/19/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/19/2024
MC646321	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/07/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/21/2011

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90/100

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 90

Starts at 100−10 totalFinal 90

Driver out-of-service rate above national average−5

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

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 5.5556% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 25% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 5.5556% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 25% 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.

TRAVIS MICHELS TRUCKING INC

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Contact Details

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

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (24)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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