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JOHN DOTSETH TRUCKING INC

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Company CheckJOHN DOTSETH TRUCKING INC · DOT 203707

903 CEDAR FALLS RD, MENOMONIE, WI, 54751-1250

DOT# 203707 MC# 151246 Menomonie, Wisconsin 45 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest Jul 20, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Jul 20, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Apr 17, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Mar 17, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Sep 17, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address903 CEDAR FALLS RD, MENOMONIE, WI, 54751-1250

Mailing Address903 CEDAR FALLS ROAD, MENOMONIE, WI, 54751

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC151246

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating45 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 .29 · 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 13.06 · 7 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage680,509 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

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 RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS42.9% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review02/15/2000

Insurance

AmountNot reported

Type34

Effective10/17/2000

CompanyGREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.

Policy #CLP006134

Last checked09/09/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet13 units

Drivers17

Mileage680,509 mi

Operating45 years

MCS-15005/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total9

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total7

Out of Service3

OOS Rate42.9%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 02/15/2000 | Rated: 02/17/2000

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

2 · 0 OOS -

2024

5 · 0 OOS =

2025

4 · 2 OOS ▲

2026

3 · 2 OOS =

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

0 crashes ▼

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, 4 resulted in out-of-service (40% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 6 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

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	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
09/11/2023	BARRON	WI	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

33 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

Vehicle Maintenance 29 violations · 6 OOS

Unsafe Driving 4 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 (14)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/20/2026	WI	Full (Level I)	TREGO WI	9	1	1	8	1	-	▲Detail
04/17/2026	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	MENOMONIE WI	2	0	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/17/2026	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	HUDSON WI	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
09/17/2025	MN	Full (Level I)	WEST LAKELAND MN	2	2	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
09/10/2025	US	Full (Level I)	WEST LAKELAND MN	7	2	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
04/02/2025	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	MENOMONIE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/25/2025	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	MENOMONIE WI	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/17/2024	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MENOMONIE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/31/2024	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MENOMONIE WI	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/11/2024	MN	Full (Level I)	WEST LAKELAND MN	10	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/23/2024	WI	Full (Level I)	HUDSON WI	4	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/08/2024	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	HAYWARD WI	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/06/2023	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	ST. CROIX WEIGH STATION	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/31/2023	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	LENROOT (TOWN)	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections10

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 7 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP6134	$0	03/04/1988	10/17/2000	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	PP36166	$1,000,000	03/04/1986	10/17/2000	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC151246	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/14/2005	-	-
MC151246	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/14/2005	-	-
MC151246	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	11/24/1986	REVOKED	12/12/2005
MC151246	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	11/24/1986	REVOKED	12/12/2005
MC151246	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	09/08/1981	REVOKED	12/12/2005
MC151246	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	06/04/1981	REVOKED	12/12/2005

No revocation records.

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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

Active for-hire authority on file, FMCSA requires insurance to keep it active.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 42.8571% 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 42.8571% 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.

JOHN DOTSETH TRUCKING INC

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Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (14)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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