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Company CheckLAKES LOGISTICS INC · DOT 2259042

1106 29TH STREET, SPIRIT LAKE, IA, 51360

DOT# 2259042 MC# 1579407 Spirit Lake, Iowa 2 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

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

Safety & compliance 7

Aug 8, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Aug 6, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jul 9, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
May 27, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Dec 31, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Mar 29, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Mar 10, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address1106 29TH STREET, SPIRIT LAKE, IA, 51360

Mailing Address1106 29TH STREET, SPIRIT LAKE, IA, 51360

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE;U. S. MAIL

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1579407

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating2 years

All Docket Numbers

MC1579407

Cargo Transported

U.S. Mail

Operation Classification

Authorized For HireExempt For HireUS Mail

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 .24 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure .44 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 5 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage2,643,215 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)4

Fatal0

Driver OOS3.8% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS20.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/30/2026

CompanyMIDWEST FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CPIA0560143503

Last checked09/08/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet63 units

Drivers63

Mileage2,643,215 mi

Operating2 years

MCS-15012/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)4

Fatal0

Injury2

Tow-Away2

Driver Inspections

Total26

Out of Service1

OOS Rate3.8%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total10

Out of Service2

OOS Rate20.0%

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

2023

6 · 0 OOS -

2024

20 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

11 · 2 OOS =

2026

3 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

2 crashes ▲

2025

2 crashes =

2026

1 crash ▼

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 Aug 2026, 19 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (10.5% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (5)

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	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
05/27/2026	Rural	SD	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
03/29/2025	SIOUX FALLS	SD	0	1	2	Severe Crosswinds	Wet	Daylight
03/10/2025	230TH ST	IA	0	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight
10/28/2024	IA 140 N AND C38	IA	1	0	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
09/07/2024	KINGBIRD AVE	IA	1	1	1	Clear	Dry	Dawn

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

16 roadside violations across 19 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 9 violations · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 4 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 2 violations · 2 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 (40)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/08/2026	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	IA	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/06/2026	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	JEFFERSON SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/09/2026	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	IA	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/31/2025	MN	Full (Level I)	WORTHINGTON MN	5	1	0	0	5	1	-	▲Detail
12/24/2025	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	JEFFERSON SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/29/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	SIOUX FALLS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/25/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	SIOUX FALLS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/06/2025	MN	Full (Level I)	WORTHINGTON MN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/25/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	SIOUX FALLS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/03/2025	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	OLIVET SD	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/06/2025	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/08/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	2	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/10/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	A46 EB AT LARCH AVE	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/24/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 60 SB 6MM	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/28/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/13/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	IRENE SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/28/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	SIOUX FALLS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/28/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	WB C38 / HWY 140	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/17/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/02/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/10/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	B58 WB & HICKORY AVE	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/09/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	JEFFERSON SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/07/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	WOONSOCKET SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/30/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 9 EB & L14 - GEORGE	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/13/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 18 AND CENTRAL AVE	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/29/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VERMILLION SD	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/28/2024	MN	Full (Level I)	WORTHINGTON MN	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/22/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MIDWAY SD	2	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
05/07/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	WOONSOCKET SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/23/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 7 AND HWY 3	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/15/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	WOONSOCKET SD	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/21/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/14/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MIDWAY SD	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/17/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	HWY 18 EB	5	2	0	0	5	2	-	▲Detail
12/19/2023	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	TEA SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/02/2023	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-29 MM 77	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
09/11/2023	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	SIOUX FALLS	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/09/2023	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	WOONSOCKET SCALE SITE	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
08/24/2023	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	K30 ABOUT 5 S OF ROCK VALLEY	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/24/2023	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	HWY 18 WB & POLK AVE	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections21

Unsafe Driving 4 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	S 2642250	$750,000	11/05/2024	07/31/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	FARM BUREAU PROPERY & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO	CPP6026343	$750,000	09/07/2023	11/05/2024	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1579407	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	09/22/2023	-	-

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93/100

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 93

Starts at 100−7 totalFinal 93

Limited operating history (1-3 years)−6

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−1

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

-6

Limited operating history (1-3 years)

Authority granted about 2 year(s) ago.

-1

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 4 crash(es) across 63 vehicles (~0.06 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−1 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 4 crash(es) across 63 vehicles (~0.06 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

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.

LAKES LOGISTICS INC

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Cargo Transported

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 (5)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (40)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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