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Company CheckK W RUSCH INC · DOT 323903

719 RALPH LEMORANDE DRIVE, OCONTO FALLS, WI, 54154

DOT# 323903 MC# 198282 Oconto Falls, Wisconsin 39 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Jul 25, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Jun 29, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Nov 24, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Oct 8, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Oct 28, 2024
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address719 RALPH LEMORANDE DRIVE, OCONTO FALLS, WI, 54154

Mailing AddressPO BOX148, OCONTO FALLS, WI, 54154

Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

Brokers must keep a $75,000 surety bond or trust fund on file with FMCSA. If it lapses, FMCSA revokes the broker’s authority, so an active bond is the key thing a carrier should verify before hauling for a broker.

Bond StatusActive

On File (FMCSA)$75,000

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/02/2026

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

Last checked07/25/2026

TypeSurety Bond (BMC-84)

Surety / TrusteeLEXINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE CORPORATION

Contact☎ (888) 888-2245
🌐 lexingtonnational.com

Filings on record8

Bond history

LEXINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE CORPORATIONsince Oct 1, 2024 · active

HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANYOct 2023 to Oct 2024 · CANCELLED

UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.Oct 2017 to Sep 2023 · CANCELLED

HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANYOct 2016 to Oct 2017 · CANCELLED

AMERICAN CONTRACTORS INDEMNITY COMPANYOct 2014 to Oct 2016 · replaced

GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.Oct 2013 to Oct 2014 · CANCELLED

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Other Companies at This Address

Address719 RALPH LEMORANDE DRIVE, OCONTO FALLS, WI 54154

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Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
K W RUSCH INC this company	323903	Sign in	Active
ASHMAR INC	725556	Sign in	Inactive

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC198282

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerActive

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 3 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 1.14 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure .14 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 4 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage234,587 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

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 Review01/22/2019

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/02/2026

CompanyARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY

Policy #CA865107101

Last checked07/25/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier & Broker

Fleet3 units

Drivers3

Mileage234,587 mi

Operating39 years

MCS-15011/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total4

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total1

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 01/22/2019 | Rated: 06/11/2019

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 · 1 OOS -

2024

4 · 1 OOS =

2025

2 · 0 OOS ▼

2026

1 · 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, 5 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

7 roadside violations across 5 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

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 3 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 1 violation · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 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 (8)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/29/2026	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	KS	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/24/2025	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	WATERTOWN WI	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
10/08/2025	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/28/2024	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	LITTLE SUAMICO WI	3	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/25/2024	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	TOWN OF LAWRENCE WI	3	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/11/2024	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	STANTON	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
03/02/2024	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	I10W	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/17/2023	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	NEWTON SWEF	2	1	0	2	1	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections4

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

HOS Compliance 2 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
85	TRUST FUND	HARRIS, N.A.		$0	12/16/1992	10/01/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA962828879	$750,000	11/01/2022	11/01/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP13642A	$1,000,000	11/01/2014	11/01/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP13642A	$1,000,000	11/01/2014	11/30/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	A0002746001	$750,000	11/01/2013	11/01/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP58211A	$1,000,000	10/10/2008	11/01/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA02443701	$750,000	10/10/2007	10/10/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	459378	$750,000	10/10/2006	10/10/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	459274	$750,000	10/10/2005	10/10/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	459274	$750,000	10/10/2005	10/10/2005	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	459131	$1,000,000	10/10/2004	10/10/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	401590	$1,000,000	10/10/2003	10/10/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN367465	$1,000,000	10/10/2002	10/10/2003	Cancelled
34	CARGO	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	CM0006555	$0	10/10/2001	05/05/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	CM0006555	$1,000,000	10/10/2001	05/05/2002	Cancelled
34	CARGO	AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION	46-A2-CM-0006555-00	$0	10/10/2000	10/10/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION	46-A2-CM-0006555-00	$1,000,000	10/10/2000	10/10/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRUMBULL INSURANCE COMPANY	VT 0000887	$1,000,000	10/10/1998	10/10/2000	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK	IMP9539433	$0	10/10/1998	10/10/2000	Replaced
84	SURETY	HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	TCS17882	$0	10/01/2023	10/01/2024	Cancelled
84	SURETY	UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	615996221	$0	10/01/2017	09/30/2023	Cancelled
84	SURETY	HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	10047269	$0	10/01/2016	10/01/2017	Replaced
84	SURETY	HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	10047269	$0	10/01/2016	10/05/2017	Cancelled
84	SURETY	AMERICAN CONTRACTORS INDEMNITY COMPANY	1001034249	$0	10/01/2014	10/01/2016	Replaced
84	SURETY	GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.	2463255	$0	10/01/2013	10/18/2014	Cancelled
84	SURETY	GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.	2463255	$0	10/01/2013	10/01/2014	Replaced
34	CARGO	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	CM0006555	$0	05/05/2002	10/11/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	CM0006555	$1,000,000	05/05/2002	10/11/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY	7LHT226T207093	$750,000	03/01/1993	10/10/1998	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC198282	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/04/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/29/2013
MC198282	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/06/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/30/2014
MC198282	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/22/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/01/2014
MC198282	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/15/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/10/2008
MC198282	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/13/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/01/2007
MC198282	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/13/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/10/2006
MC198282	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/13/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/03/2005
MC198282	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/13/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/30/2004
MC198282	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/08/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/27/2017
MC198282	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	06/26/1987	-	-
MC198282	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/15/1993	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/07/1993
MC198282	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/31/2002	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/11/2002
MC198282	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	01/22/1993	-	-

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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.

K W RUSCH INC

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Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (8)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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