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A J WENDT & SON INC

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Company CheckA J WENDT & SON INC · DOT 315108

DBA: ARTHUR WENDT

34165 S 1450 W, FRANCESVILLE, IN, 47946

DOT# 315108 MC# 126162 Francesville, Indiana 39 years

CARRIER Legal name changed · Aug 19, 2026

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest Aug 19, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 1

Aug 19, 2026
Company legal name changed.

Safety & compliance 5

Mar 31, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Feb 9, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Sep 12, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Aug 26, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Mar 21, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address34165 S 1450 W, FRANCESVILLE, IN, 47946

Mailing AddressP O BOX 416, FRANCESVILLE, IN, 47946

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC126162

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating39 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 .72 · 2 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 2.4 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage486,666 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)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review01/12/1990

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective10/01/2013

CompanyACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CA-X80230

Last checked09/09/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet11 units

Drivers10

Mileage486,666 mi

Operating39 years

MCS-15011/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total6

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total2

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 01/12/1990 | Rated: 03/20/1990

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

3 · 0 OOS -

2024

3 · 0 OOS =

2025

4 · 0 OOS =

2026

1 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

0 crashes ▼

2025

0 crashes =

2026

1 crash ▲

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 Feb 2026, 6 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.

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
03/31/2026	WEST POINT	IN	0	0	1	2	Rain	Wet	Daylight
12/07/2023	SOUTH ROSS TWP	IL	0	0	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

5 roadside violations across 6 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 3 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 (11)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	Vehicle Viol	HazMat
02/09/2026	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	CAYUGA IN	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/12/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 20 EB MM 170	1	1	-	▲Detail
08/26/2025	WI	Full (Level I)	SPARTA WI	2	0	-	▲Detail
03/21/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WEST LAFAYETTE IN	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/12/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	PERU IN	1	0	-	▲Detail
10/24/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	GEORGETOWN IN	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/19/2024	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROADSIDE	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/12/2024	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROADSIDE	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/07/2023	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	IL-119	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/22/2023	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	KOKOMO IN	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/01/2023	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROADSIDE	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections6

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP29495A	$0	12/09/2009	09/21/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP29495A	$1,000,000	12/09/2009	10/01/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP29495A	$1,000,000	12/09/2009	11/05/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CA-X80230	$75,000	10/01/2013	10/01/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CA-X80230	$75,000	10/01/2013	11/06/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF WISCONSIN	CTP1075257	$750,000	10/01/2012	10/01/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF WISCONSIN	CTP1075257	$750,000	10/01/2012	10/01/2012	Replaced
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP 29495A	$0	09/15/1993	07/04/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP29495A	$1,000,000	09/15/1993	07/04/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP29495A	$1,000,000	07/04/2007	12/09/2009	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP29495A	$0	07/04/2007	12/09/2009	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC126162	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/05/1988	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/27/1988
MC126162	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/17/1990	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/12/1990
MC126162	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/17/1990	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/12/1990
MC126162	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/17/1990	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/12/1990
MC126162	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/16/1991	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/26/1991
MC126162	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/16/1991	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/26/1991
MC126162	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/16/1991	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/26/1991
MC126162	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/15/1993	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/29/1993
MC126162	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/15/1993	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/29/1993
MC126162	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/15/1993	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/29/1993
MC126162	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/15/1992	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/29/1992
MC126162	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/15/1992	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/01/1992
MC126162	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	04/07/1987	-	-
MC126162	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/03/1992	-	-
MC126162	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	01/27/1992	-	-

No revocation records.

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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

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)	−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.

A J WENDT & SON INC

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Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (2)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (11)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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