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PAUL BARTELS TRUCKING CO

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Company CheckPAUL BARTELS TRUCKING CO · DOT 274184

3715 ANTELOPE AVE, KEARNEY, NE, 68847

DOT# 274184 MC# 259218 Kearney, Nebraska 33 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

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

Identity & ownership 1

Jul 4, 2026
Authority reinstated detected in FMCSA records.

Safety & compliance 4

Jun 29, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 26, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
May 13, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 4, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

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 Address3715 ANTELOPE AVE, KEARNEY, NE, 68847

Mailing Address3715 ANTELOPE AVE, KEARNEY, NE, 68847

Other Companies at This Address

Address3715 ANTELOPE AVE, KEARNEY, NE 68847

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
PAUL BARTELS LEASING COMPANY	2229045	Sign in	Active
PAUL BARTELS TRUCKING CO this company	274184	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 TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC259218

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating33 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For HireExempt 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 2.81 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .36 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure .06 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 6.25 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage382,371 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS20.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review04/17/2014

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 08/25/2026

CompanyGREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.

Policy #CLP02633S

Last checked09/08/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet11 units

Drivers8

Mileage382,371 mi

Operating33 years

MCS-15002/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total18

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total5

Out of Service1

OOS Rate20.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 04/17/2014 | Rated: 04/30/2014

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 · 0 OOS -

2024

4 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

11 · 0 OOS ▼

2026

9 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

1 crash =

2025

0 crashes ▼

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, 23 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (4.3% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 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
05/15/2024	OMAHA	NE	0	0	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight
08/23/2023	HOLDREGE	NE	0	2	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

19 roadside violations across 23 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 8 violations · 1 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 7 violations · 1 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 3 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 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 (25)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/29/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	KEARNEY NE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/26/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	WAVERLY NE	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/13/2026	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	KS	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/04/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	MINDEN NE	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/28/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	WALTON NE	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/31/2026	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	KS	4	0	1	3	0	-	▲Detail
03/02/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	WAVERLY RT 6 SCALE	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/12/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON STATE HWY 92, 1841 FEET EAS	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/02/2026	CO	Walk-Around (Level II)	COPE CO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/14/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON US HWY 83, 1632 FEET SOUTH	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/04/2025	KS	Driver-Only (Level III)	FINNEY COUNTY - 055	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/13/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON UNNAMED STREET, 232 FEET SO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/15/2025	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	PHILLIPS COUNTY - 147	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/25/2025	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	FINNEY COUNTY - 055	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
03/31/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON KEAARNY E BYP, 284 FEET SOU	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/20/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON I- 80, 2104 FEET EAST OF MI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/17/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON KEAARNY E BYP, 1466 FEET NO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/27/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON KEAARNY E BYP, 1007 FEET SO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/24/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON I- 80, 2161 FEET WEST OF MI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/10/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	WAVERLY WEST BOUND	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/31/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ALMA SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/30/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	MM 404 I 80 EB	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/12/2024	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	LOGAN COUNTY - 109	4	2	0	4	2	-	▲Detail
02/14/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	WAVERLY RT 6 SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/23/2023	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROAD 731/HIGHWAY 183	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections23

Unsafe Driving 3 viols

HOS Compliance 3 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP 2633E	$1,000,000	11/29/1993	02/05/1997	Name Changed
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP02633S	$0	07/12/2007	09/11/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP 2633E	$1,000,000	01/10/1997	07/12/2007	Replaced
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP2633I	$0	01/10/1997	07/12/2007	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC259218	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/05/1997	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/21/1997
MC259218	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	02/09/1993	-	-

No revocation records.

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88/100

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 88

−10

Starts at 100−12 totalFinal 88

MCS-150 update overdue−10

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−2

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 8/25/2026.

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).

-2

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 11 vehicles (~0.09 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−2 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 11 vehicles (~0.09 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.

PAUL BARTELS TRUCKING CO

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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 (25)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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