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BACKCOUNTRY JOURNEYS LLC

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Company CheckBACKCOUNTRY JOURNEYS LLC · DOT 3156617

1565 HILLSIDE PL, HOMER, AK, 99603

DOT# 3156617 MC# 1387677 Homer, Alaska 4 years

MOTOR CARRIER

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5

Power Units

12

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

0

Inspections

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Public record

3 events tracked · latest Sep 30, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 1

Sep 30, 2025
REVOKED MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER.

Insurance 2

Sep 24, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (MARKEL INSURANCE COMPANY).
Sep 24, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (MARKEL AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY).

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

Company Information

Legal NameBACKCOUNTRY JOURNEYS LLC

DOT Number3156617

MC Number1387677

Entity TypeMotor Carrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationHomer, Alaska

Added07/04/2018

MCS-15005/16/2025

Contact Details

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Physical Address1565 HILLSIDE PL, HOMER, AK, 99603

Mailing Address1887 WHITNEY MESA DR #1565, HENDERSON, NV, 89014

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PASSENGER, BUSINESS;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1387676

CommonInactive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

DocketMC1387677

CommonNot Active

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating4 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For HirePrivate (Pass. Business) Passenger Carrier

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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage83,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

12

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

12

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeMotor Carrier

Fleet5 units

Drivers12

Mileage83,000 mi

Operating4 years

MCS-15005/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Vehicle Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	MARKEL INSURANCE COMPANY	MKA500790402	$1,000,000	05/15/2025	09/24/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Excess	MARKEL AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	MKX500790502	$500,000	05/15/2025	09/24/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Excess	MARKEL AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	MKX500790501	$500,000	05/15/2024	05/15/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	MARKEL INSURANCE COMPANY	MKA500790401	$1,000,000	05/15/2024	05/15/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	MARKEL INSURANCE COMPANY	MKA5007904	$1,000,000	05/15/2023	05/15/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ESSEX INSURANCE COMPANY	MKX5007905	$500,000	05/15/2023	05/15/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ESSEX INSURANCE COMPANY	MKX5007905	$500,000	05/15/2023	06/14/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	MARKEL INSURANCE COMPANY	MKA5007904	$1,000,000	05/15/2023	05/15/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Excess	MARKEL AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	MKX5007905	$500,000	05/15/2023	05/15/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	KKO0265761	$1,000,000	05/15/2022	05/15/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Excess	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	XKO0265760	$500,000	05/15/2022	05/15/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	KKO0255890	$1,000,000	03/02/2022	05/15/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Excess	SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY	XKS0254516	$500,000	03/02/2022	05/15/2022	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1387676	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/18/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/16/2023
MC1387676	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/18/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/13/2022
MC1387676	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/24/2022	REVOKED	09/30/2025

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97/100

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 97

97

Starts at 100−3 totalFinal 97

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)−3

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Operating authority N/A

Not required for private carriers, a private carrier hauls its own goods and needs no for-hire operating authority (no MC number) under FMCSA.

Insurance on file with FMCSA N/A

Not required for private carriers, a non-hazmat private carrier hauling its own goods is generally not required to file proof of insurance with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-3

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)

Authority granted about 4 years ago.

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.