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Company CheckMELCHER TRUCKING LLC · DOT 2489577

18503 PEMBERVILLE ROAD, PEMBERVILLE, OH, 43450

DOT# 2489577 MC# 862190 Pemberville, Ohio 12 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

2 events tracked · latest Dec 17, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 1

Dec 17, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).

Insurance 1

Jul 6, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.).

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

Contact Details

Phone(419) 287-3251

Fax(419) 287-3253

Email[email protected]

Physical Address18503 PEMBERVILLE ROAD, PEMBERVILLE, OH, 43450

Mailing Address18503 PEMBERVILLE RD BOX 418, PEMBERVILLE, OH, 43450-0418

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 StatusNot on file

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

TypeOn file with FMCSA

No active bond on file. This company's broker authority is not currently active. FMCSA requires every broker to keep a $75,000 bond on file; after a cancellation, operating authority is typically revoked within weeks. Confirm current status in FMCSA's official records before booking.

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Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC862190

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating12 years

Company Overview

MELCHER TRUCKING LLC is a FMCSA-validated carrier & broker based in Pemberville, Ohio. The company has been in operation for 12 years, registered with the FMCSA on 03/27/2014. The fleet consists of 1 power unit and 1 driver. Annual mileage is reported at 239,247 miles (2024). The company has a clean safety record with zero reported crashes. Insurance coverage of $1,000,000 is on file through CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, MELCHER TRUCKING LLC has a Trust Score of 100/100 (Excellent).

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 12 · 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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage239,247 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.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

No safety rating or inspection data on file with FMCSA.

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective07/06/2025

CompanyCENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #8943530

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier & Broker

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage239,247 mi

Operating12 years

MCS-15004/2026

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

1 · 1 OOS -

2024

2 · 0 OOS ▼

2025

1 · 0 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 Dec 2025, 1 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean, no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

2 roadside violations across 1 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 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 (4)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	HazMat
12/17/2025	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	GEORGETOWN	2	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
04/19/2024	MI	Driver-Only (Level III)	NB I75 @ I275	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/17/2024	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	FORSYTH GA	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/25/2023	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HIGH CRASH CORRIDOR	2	1	2	1	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections1

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	CA 2336477	$1,000,000	07/06/2020	07/06/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	640152001	$1,000,000	07/06/2019	07/06/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	640152001	$750,000	07/06/2019	07/06/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	860531001	$1,000,000	07/06/2018	07/06/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	CA 6255806	$1,000,000	07/06/2017	07/06/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN128254	$1,000,000	04/01/2014	07/06/2017	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC862190	PROPERTY BROKER	DISMISSED	10/23/2017	-	-
MC862190	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/10/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/17/2019
MC862190	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/09/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/07/2020
MC862190	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/09/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/05/2017
MC862190	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	04/18/2014	-	-

No revocation records.

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100/100

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

100, no deductions

Clean record, the bar stays full at 100.

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

Clean record, no deductions. This carrier starts and stays at 100.

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) knockout	−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.

MELCHER TRUCKING LLC

Trust Score

Public record

Company Information

Contact Details

Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

Operating Authorities

Company Overview

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (4)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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