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1802 CORNELL ROAD, LACEYVILLE, PA, 18623

DOT# 274208 MC# 147151 Laceyville, Pennsylvania 45 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Contact Details

Phone(570) 869-1460

Email[email protected]

Physical Address1802 CORNELL ROAD, LACEYVILLE, PA, 18623

Mailing Address1802 CORNELL ROAD, LACEYVILLE, PA, 18623

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC147151

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating45 years

Company Overview

BENSCOTER FOREST PRODUCTS INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Laceyville, Pennsylvania. The company has been in operation for 45 years, registered with the FMCSA on 06/06/1986. The fleet consists of 4 power units and 2 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 85,038 miles (2024). With zero crashes across 19 inspections, BENSCOTER FOREST PRODUCTS INC maintains an excellent safety record. Both driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are below the national average, indicating strong compliance. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Insurance coverage of $1,000,000 is on file through UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, BENSCOTER FOREST PRODUCTS INC has a Trust Score of 100/100 (Excellent).

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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure .46 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage85,038 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

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

Last Review06/27/2000

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/04/2026

CompanyUNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY

Policy #CA05784328

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet4 units

Drivers2

Mileage85,038 mi

Operating45 years

MCS-15003/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total10

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total9

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 06/27/2000 | Rated: 07/05/2000

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

2 · 0 OOS =

2025

7 · 0 OOS =

2026

2 · 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 Jun 2026, 11 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

4 roadside violations across 11 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 2 violations · 0 OOS

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 (12)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	Vehicle Viol	HazMat
06/01/2026	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORTH TOWANDA TOWNSHIP PA	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/31/2026	NY	Full (Level I)	OWEGO NY	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/18/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	OWEGO NY	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/21/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	OWEGO NY	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/25/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	OWEGO NY	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/15/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	OWEGO NY	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/31/2025	PA	Walk-Around (Level II)	ON US HIGHWAY 6 0 FEET NORTH O	2	2	-	▲Detail
03/06/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	OWEGO NY	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/13/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	BARTON NY	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/16/2024	PA	Walk-Around (Level II)	ON GOLDEN MILE RD 285 FEET EAS	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/22/2024	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON GOLDEN MILE RD 294 FEET EAS	1	1	-	▲Detail
06/16/2023	PA	Walk-Around (Level II)	ON ROOSEVELT HWY AT ITS INTERS	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections10

Vehicle Maintenance 2 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
34	CARGO	HARLEYSVILLE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	40 CI OU 05 71	$0	11/04/2004	09/24/2008	Replaced
34	CARGO	HARLEYSVILLE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	40 CI OU 05 71	$0	11/04/2004	10/24/2008	Cancelled
34	CARGO	HARLEYSVILLE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	MPA00000023478D	$0	10/01/2009	04/26/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	WCP103002413302	$1,000,000	10/01/2006	06/22/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	WCP103002413300	$1,000,000	10/01/2004	10/01/2006	Replaced
34	CARGO	HARLEYSVILLE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	MPA 0U0571	$0	09/24/2008	10/01/2009	Replaced
34	CARGO	HARLEYSVILLE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	MPA 0U0571	$0	09/24/2008	10/23/2009	Cancelled
34	CARGO	HARLEYSVILLE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	CI OU 0571	$0	08/26/1994	11/04/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 5784328	$1,000,000	08/15/2013	08/15/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 5784328	$1,000,000	08/15/2013	08/07/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 5784328	$1,000,000	08/07/2014	03/12/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA05784328	$1,000,000	07/28/2025	09/24/2025	Replaced
91	BIPD	HARLEYSVILLE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	GAOU0571	$0	07/26/1990	10/01/2004	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 5784328	$1,000,000	06/22/2007	08/15/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA05784328	$1,000,000	04/09/2025	07/28/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA05784328	$1,000,000	03/12/2025	04/09/2025	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC147151	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	12/22/1980	-	-
MC147151	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/08/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/09/2004
MC147151	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/03/1987	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/15/1987
MC147151	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/11/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/15/2014
MC147151	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/01/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/07/2025

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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

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 6/4/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

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.

BENSCOTER FOREST PRODUCTS INC

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Company Overview

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SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (12)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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