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Company CheckR & J CARTAGE INC · DOT 264186

75 EAST US HIGHWAY 20, PORTER, IN, 46304

DOT# 264186 MC# 119591 Porter, Indiana 42 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$2,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

7 events tracked · latest Jun 24, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 7

Jun 24, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
Jun 24, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jun 19, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jun 17, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jun 11, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jun 3, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jan 14, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address75 EAST US HIGHWAY 20, PORTER, IN, 46304

Mailing Address75 EAST US HIGHWAY 20, PORTER, IN, 46304

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC119591

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating42 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire Hazardous Materials

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 .1 · 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 5.37 · 7 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage965,320 miles

Mileage Year2023

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)3

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS35.7% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review05/15/2025

Insurance

Amount$2,000,000

Type91X

Effective04/01/2026

CompanyASCOT INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #TRAU10000016-01

Last checked09/09/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet34 units

Drivers24

Mileage965,320 mi

Operating42 years

MCS-15005/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)3

Fatal0

Injury2

Tow-Away1

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total15

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total14

Out of Service5

OOS Rate35.7%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total12

OOS1

OOS Rate8.3% (avg 4.5%)

Last FMCSA Review: 05/15/2025 | Rated: 08/24/2015

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

7 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

8 · 2 OOS =

2026

5 · 2 OOS =

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

2 crashes ▲

2025

1 crash ▼

2026

3 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, 16 inspections, 5 resulted in out-of-service (31.3% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 6 OOS

HazMat Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (6)

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
06/19/2026	EAST CHICAGO	IN	4	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
06/11/2026	VALPARAISO	IN	0	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight
01/14/2026	SAUK VILLAGE	IL	0	1	2	Fog/Smog	Ice	Daylight
03/22/2025	JOLIET TWP	IL	2	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dawn
06/07/2024	JOLIET TWP	IL	5	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
05/17/2024	SOUTH BEND	IN	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

26 roadside violations across 16 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 15 violations · 4 OOS

Hazardous Materials 6 violations · 3 OOS

Unsafe Driving 5 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 (24)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/24/2026	MI	Full (Level I)	MI	3	0	1	2	0	-	▲Detail
06/24/2026	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	MI	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/17/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	028 - FRANKFORT - I-80 E/B	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/03/2026	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I 57	3	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
04/20/2026	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	WB SCALE	2	1	1	1	1	-	▲Detail
11/14/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	LAKE STATION IN	4	2	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
10/12/2025	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-57NB AT 302	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/19/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	PORTER IN	1	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
09/09/2025	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I 57	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/17/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	MT. PASS J.P.O.E. C.V.E.F.	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/24/2025	US	Full (Level I)	BOLINGBROOK IL	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/09/2025	IN	Full (Level I)	LOWELL IN	4	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/22/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	PORTAGE IN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/09/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	VALPARAISO IN	1	1	0	1	1	1	▲Detail
09/16/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHESTERTON IN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/15/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-94	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/19/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	LOWELL IN	3	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/14/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	OGDEN DUNES IN	2	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
05/01/2024	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	US12 @ W RIVER	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/25/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHESTERTON IN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/18/2023	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-55 N/B @ WOOD ST. AIS	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/27/2023	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-80	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/17/2023	US	Terminal (Level V)	PORTAGEIN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/17/2023	US	Terminal (Level V)	PORTAGEIN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections16

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 7 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	2E60943	$1,000,000	12/26/2002	01/13/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	IMPERIUM INSURANCE COMPANY	ECAP1IICCA00009800	$1,000,000	12/01/2019	07/01/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	IMPERIUM INSURANCE COMPANY	ECAP1IICCA00009800	$1,000,000	12/01/2019	12/31/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Excess	HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	ECAP1HSCX00009800	$4,000,000	12/01/2019	12/31/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Excess	PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	PHUB655821	$4,000,000	12/01/2018	12/01/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	PHPK1911358	$1,000,000	12/01/2018	12/01/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Excess	PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	PHUB608834	$4,000,000	12/01/2017	12/01/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	PHPK1744072	$1,000,000	12/01/2017	12/01/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	FEDERATED MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	9193243	$4,000,000	12/01/2004	12/01/2017	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	FEDERATED MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	9193242	$1,000,000	12/01/2004	12/01/2004	Replaced
91	BIPD	FARMLAND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	CMG 0453408	$0	12/01/1996	04/12/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Excess	FEDERATED MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	913882	$2,000,000	12/01/1993	02/26/1997	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	FEDERATED MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	763512	$500,000	12/01/1988	02/26/1997	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC119591	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	12/06/1983	REVOKED	06/28/2002
MC119591	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/04/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/11/2020
MC119591	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/07/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/01/2005
MC119591	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/07/1988	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/08/1988
MC119591	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/24/1997	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/21/1997
MC119591	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	01/30/2003	REVOKED	01/19/2005
MC119591	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	01/28/2005	-	-
MC119591	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED		TRANSFERRED	11/12/1982

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84/100

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 84

−10

Starts at 100−16 totalFinal 84

MCS-150 update overdue−10

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

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

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 35.7143% vs national avg 20.72%.

-1

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 3 crash(es) across 34 vehicles (~0.09 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: 3 crash(es) across 34 vehicles (~0.09 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 35.7143% 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.

R & J CARTAGE INC

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Safety Summary

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Quick Facts

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (6)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (24)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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