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D & SONS EXPRESS LLC

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Company CheckD & SONS EXPRESS LLC · DOT 3016706

1278 S WESTWOOD RD, PORTERVILLE, CA, 93257-8982

DOT# 3016706 MC# 32113 Porterville, California 8 years

CARRIER Legal name changed · Aug 1, 2026

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Aug 1, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 1

Aug 1, 2026
Company legal name changed.

Safety & compliance 4

Jun 22, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
May 11, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Apr 9, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Apr 1, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address1278 S WESTWOOD RD, PORTERVILLE, CA, 93257-8982

Mailing Address1278 S WESTWOOD RD, PORTERVILLE, CA, 93257

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC032113

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating8 years

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 9.04 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 1.19 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 7.58 · 10 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage110,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective12/20/2025

CompanyCANAL INSURANCE CO.

Policy #CT2151109301

Last checked08/05/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet3 units

Drivers4

Mileage110,000 mi

Operating8 years

MCS-15005/2026

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 · 0 OOS -

2024

7 · 3 OOS ▲

2025

6 · 2 OOS ▼

2026

7 · 3 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, 17 inspections, 7 resulted in out-of-service (41.2% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 10 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

36 roadside violations across 17 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 18 violations · 9 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 11 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 6 violations · 1 OOS

Other (General) 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 (21)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/22/2026	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	NM	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/11/2026	ID	Full (Level I)	EAST BOISE ID	4	2	0	4	2	-	▲Detail
04/09/2026	AZ	Driver-Only (Level III)	YUMA AZ	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	COTTONWOOD CVEF	3	0	1	2	0	-	▲Detail
02/03/2026	OR	Walk-Around (Level II)	ASHLAND OR	2	2	0	2	2	-	▲Detail
02/03/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	COTTONWOOD IF	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/03/2026	OR	Full (Level I)	ASHLAND OR	8	2	4	4	2	-	▲Detail
10/30/2025	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	LITCHFIELD PARK AZ	3	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
09/09/2025	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	GOODYEAR AZ	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/23/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	DUNSMUIR GRADE IF	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2025	NV	Walk-Around (Level II)	NV	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
04/15/2025	NV	Walk-Around (Level II)	SLOAN CHECK SITE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/05/2025	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	QUINCY WA	7	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/17/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	W/B I-80 CORDELIA I.F.	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/16/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CORDELIA IF	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
09/04/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	W/B ANTELOPE SCALES	3	1	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
08/21/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	COTTONWOOD IF	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
07/09/2024	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	COTTONWOOD IF	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
05/08/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	CACHE CREEK SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/05/2024	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	COTTONWOOD IF	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/19/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	CACHE CREEK	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections18

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

HOS Compliance 3 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 10 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	LTI0017069	$750,000	12/20/2021	12/20/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	LTI0016402	$750,000	12/20/2020	08/20/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 6388665	$750,000	12/12/2017	01/23/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	LTI0016402	$750,000	08/20/2021	12/20/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA6388665	$750,000	01/23/2020	12/20/2020	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC032113	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/27/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/30/2019
MC032113	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	12/22/2017	-	-
MC032113	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/26/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/03/2021

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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)	−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.

D & SONS EXPRESS LLC

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Quick Facts

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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (21)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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