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FRANZ CONSTRUCTION INC

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Company CheckFRANZ CONSTRUCTION INC · DOT 244512

1700 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE, SIDNEY, MT, 59270

DOT# 244512 MC# 289060 Sidney, Montana 31 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Conditional

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

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

Safety & compliance 6

Aug 5, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Aug 3, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Jun 24, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
May 14, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
May 14, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
May 12, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address1700 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE, SIDNEY, MT, 59270

Mailing AddressPO BOX 1046, SIDNEY, MT, 59270

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC289060

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating31 years

All Docket Numbers

MC289060

Cargo Transported

Machinery, Large ObjectsConstructionGravel

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 .28 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 12.06 · 9 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage503,142 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 RatingConditional

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS5.3% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS41.7% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review02/10/2021

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/16/2026

CompanyTRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY

Policy #8R089456

Last checked09/07/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet88 units

Drivers23

Mileage503,142 mi

Operating31 years

MCS-15004/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingConditional

Driver Inspections

Total19

Out of Service1

OOS Rate5.3%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total12

Out of Service5

OOS Rate41.7%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 02/10/2021 | Rated: 05/25/2009

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

2024

9 · 2 OOS -

2025

10 · 4 OOS ▲

2026

9 · 4 OOS =

Crashes

2024

0 crashes -

2025

0 crashes =

2026

2 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 Aug 2026, 21 inspections, 8 resulted in out-of-service (38.1% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 12 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (2)

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
06/24/2026	MT 200	MT	0	2	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
05/14/2026	151ST AVE NW	ND	0	0	1	2	Blowing Snow	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

40 roadside violations across 21 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 32 violations · 10 OOS

Unsafe Driving 6 violations · 2 OOS

Driver Fitness 2 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 (28)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/05/2026	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	SIDNEY MT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/03/2026	MT	Full (Level I)	SIDNEY MT	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
05/14/2026	MT	Full (Level I)	SIDNEY MT	2	1	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
05/12/2026	MT	Full (Level I)	SIDNEY MT	2	1	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
05/12/2026	MT	Full (Level I)	SIDNEY MT	5	2	0	5	2	-	▲Detail
05/12/2026	MT	Full (Level I)	SIDNEY MT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/12/2026	MT	Full (Level I)	SIDNEY MT	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/13/2026	MT	Full (Level I)	SIDNEY MT	4	1	0	4	1	-	▲Detail
01/10/2026	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	WIBAUX MT	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
10/08/2025	MT	Full (Level I)	FAIRVIEW MT	3	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
10/07/2025	ND	Full (Level I)	WILLISTON ND	11	3	0	0	3	-	▲Detail
09/02/2025	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	CULBERTSON MT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/26/2025	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	WATFORD CITY ND	5	3	0	5	3	-	▲Detail
08/04/2025	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	FAIRVIEW MT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/07/2025	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	CULBERTSON MT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/09/2025	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	WATFORD CITY ND	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/30/2025	MT	Full (Level I)	WIBAUX MT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/15/2025	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	CULBERTSON MT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/08/2025	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	SHELBY MT	3	1	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/26/2024	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	WILLISTON ND	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/26/2024	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	SIDNEY MT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/04/2024	ND	Full (Level I)	ALEXANDER ND	8	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
08/27/2024	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	SIDNEY MT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/09/2024	MT	Full (Level I)	SIDNEY MT	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/09/2024	MT	Full (Level I)	SIDNEY MT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/09/2024	MT	Full (Level I)	SIDNEY MT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/25/2024	ND	Full (Level I)	ALEXANDER ND	4	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
01/25/2024	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	WATFORD CITY ND	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections21

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 9 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	1MP30005778003	$1,000,000	05/19/1995	03/31/2016	Replaced
34	CARGO	UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	1MP30005778003	$0	05/19/1995	05/06/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	14P89828	$1,000,000	03/31/2016	03/31/2025	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC289060	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	06/13/1995	-	-

No revocation records.

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83/100

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 83

−12

Starts at 100−17 totalFinal 83

Conditional safety rating−12

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

Conditional rating (acceptable, but not Unsatisfactory).

What's lowering this score

-12

Conditional safety rating

FMCSA assigned a Conditional safety rating.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 41.6667% 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 41.6667% 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.

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Quick Facts

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (2)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (28)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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