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Company CheckTHILGES BROS LLC · DOT 2468119

4208 230TH AVE, BUFFALO CENTER, IA, 50424

DOT# 2468119 MC# 884040 Buffalo Center, Iowa 11 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 Jul 31, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Jun 25, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jun 23, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jun 23, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jun 5, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Apr 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 Address4208 230TH AVE, BUFFALO CENTER, IA, 50424

Mailing Address4208 230TH AVE, BUFFALO CENTER, IA, 50424

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 · 07/08/2026

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

Last checked07/31/2026

TypeSurety Bond (BMC-84)

Surety / TrusteeNATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMP

Contact☎ (888) 508-8622
🌐 nationwide.com

Filings on record2

Bond history

NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPsince Sep 1, 2021 · active

NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPSep 2021 to Oct 2021 · CANCELLED

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Other Companies at This Address

Address4208 230TH AVE, BUFFALO CENTER, IA 50424

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Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
T9TRANSPORT LLC	2590250	Sign in	Active
THILGES BROS LLC this company	2468119	Sign in	Active

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC884040

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerActive

Operating11 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For HireExempt 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 3.25 · 3 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 3.96 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1,221,802 miles

Mileage Year2024

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)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS14.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review12/03/2020

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/08/2026

CompanyWESTERN AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #AMP6005273

Last checked07/31/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier & Broker

Fleet17 units

Drivers14

Mileage1,221,802 mi

Operating11 years

MCS-15004/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total18

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total7

Out of Service1

OOS Rate14.3%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 12/03/2020

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

11 · 0 OOS =

2025

5 · 0 OOS =

2026

10 · 2 OOS ▲

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

0 crashes =

2025

1 crash ▲

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 Jun 2026, 21 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (9.5% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 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
04/10/2025	RURAL	SD	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

24 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

Unsafe Driving 15 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 7 violations · 2 OOS

Other (General) 2 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 (30)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/25/2026	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	IA	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
06/23/2026	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	IA	4	1	1	3	1	-	▲Detail
06/23/2026	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	IA	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/05/2026	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	IA	2	0	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/28/2026	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/14/2026	IA	Full (Level I)	10 - I35 NB MM 30 OSCEOLA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/22/2026	MO	Full (Level I)	EAGLEVILLE MO	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
04/13/2026	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HIGHWAY 18 EB	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/16/2026	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	EAGLEVILLE MO	3	0	1	2	0	-	▲Detail
01/02/2026	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/17/2025	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	EAGLEVILLE MO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/14/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 3 EB	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/25/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WORTHINGTON MN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/12/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/03/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 59/18	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/26/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	S. MAIN ST AND W 4TH ST.	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/20/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WORTHINGTON MN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/06/2024	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	EAGLEVILLE MO	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/05/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WORTHINGTON MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/25/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	M27 SB	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/02/2024	MN	Full (Level I)	WORTHINGTON MN	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/22/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WORTHINGTON MN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/09/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	I35SB 212MM JOICE	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/05/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 18 EB	2	0	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/04/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 169 SB	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/28/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WORTHINGTON SCALE	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/10/2023	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FAIRMONT/GREEN PLAINS ENERGY	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/14/2023	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 169 SB/BANCROFT	6	0	5	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/14/2023	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WORTHINGTON SCALE	2	0	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
07/17/2023	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	17 NB	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections21

Unsafe Driving 3 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 4 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTERN AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE COMPANY	AMP6005273	$750,000	09/15/2014	01/01/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTERN AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE COMPANY	AMP6005273	$750,000	09/15/2014	10/06/2021	Name Changed
84	SURETY	NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMP	7901077516	$0	09/01/2021	09/01/2021	Replaced
84	SURETY	NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMP	7901077516	$0	09/01/2021	10/06/2021	Name Changed

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC884040	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	11/04/2021	-	-
MC884040	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	10/03/2014	-	-
MC884040	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/03/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/01/2021

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99/100

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 99

Starts at 100−1 totalFinal 99

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

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 7/8/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-1

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 17 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: 1 crash(es) across 17 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.

THILGES BROS LLC

Trust Score

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Company Information

Contact Details

Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

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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

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (30)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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