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Company CheckK & B EQUIPMENT LLC · DOT 2785831

815 MCCORD BRANCH RD, CRANE, MO, 65633

DOT# 2785831 MC# 928424 Crane, Missouri 10 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

3 events tracked · latest Oct 21, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 3

Oct 21, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jul 24, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
May 7, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

Phone(417) 880-0546

Email[email protected]

Physical Address815 MCCORD BRANCH RD, CRANE, MO, 65633

Mailing Address815 MCCORD BRANCH RD, CRANE, MO, 65633

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationC - Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)

DocketMC928424

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating10 years

Company Overview

K & B EQUIPMENT LLC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Crane, Missouri. The company has been in operation for 10 years, registered with the FMCSA on 07/29/2015. The fleet consists of 2 power units and 2 drivers. The company has a clean safety record with zero reported crashes. Insurance coverage of $1,000,000 is on file through SHELTER GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, K & B EQUIPMENT LLC has a Trust Score of 90/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For HirePrivate (Property)

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

Effective04/29/2023

CompanySHELTER GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #01-C3149828

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers2

Operating10 years

MCS-15001/2021

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

2025

3 · 1 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 Oct 2025 — 3 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (33.3% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

6 roadside violations across 3 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 4 violations · 1 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 (3)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
10/21/2025	MO	Terminal (Level V)	CRANE MO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
07/24/2025 ▼	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	CLEVER MO	4	1	0	0	0	1	-
Violations (4) 392.2-SLLEWA3 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2-SLLEWA3 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 393.9A-LIL — CFR 393.9A-LIL Non-OOS 396.3A1-DLDSUJBCB — CFR 396.3A1-DLDSUJBCB OOS
05/07/2025 ▼	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	BILLINGS MO	2	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (2) 393.203C-CBP — CFR 393.203C-CBP Non-OOS 393.75A1-TEPBM — CFR 393.75A1-TEPBM Non-OOS

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	SHELTER GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	01-C3149828	$750,000	12/26/2017	04/29/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SHELTER GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	01-C3149828	$1,000,000	07/10/2015	12/26/2017	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC928424	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	08/19/2015	-	-

No revocation records.

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90/100

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 90

−10

Starts at 100−10 totalFinal 90

MCS-150 update overdue−10

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

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

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

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.

K & B EQUIPMENT LLC

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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (3)

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