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Company CheckTRUE NORTH EQUIPMENT CO · DOT 348521

4325 18TH AVE S, GRAND FORKS, ND, 58201-3735

DOT# 348521 MC# 338380 Grand Forks, North Dakota 28 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Jun 23, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Nov 5, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Oct 31, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Aug 19, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Jun 23, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).

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

Contact Details

Phone(701) 757-4760

Fax(701) 757-4764

Email[email protected]

Physical Address4325 18TH AVE S, GRAND FORKS, ND, 58201-3735

Mailing Address4325 18TH AVE S, GRAND FORKS, ND, 58201-3735

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC338380

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating28 years

Company Overview

TRUE NORTH EQUIPMENT CO is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The company has been in operation for 28 years, registered with the FMCSA on 03/29/1989. The fleet consists of 22 power units and 23 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 250,000 miles (2024). With zero crashes across 10 inspections, TRUE NORTH EQUIPMENT CO maintains an excellent safety record. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Insurance coverage of $1,000,000 is on file through FEDERATED MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, TRUE NORTH EQUIPMENT CO has a Trust Score of 95/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

Mileage

Annual Mileage250,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

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.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS33.3% avg 20.7%

Last Review11/30/1989

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/16/2026

CompanyFEDERATED MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.

Policy #9318679

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet22 units

Drivers23

Mileage250,000 mi

Operating28 years

MCS-15002/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total7

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total3

Out of Service1

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total2

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Last FMCSA Review: 11/30/1989 | Rated: 01/08/1990

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

2 · 1 OOS —

2024

3 · 0 OOS ▼

2025

5 · 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 Nov 2025 — 7 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (14.3% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

11 roadside violations across 7 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

Unsafe Driving 6 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 4 violations · 1 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 (10)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
11/05/2025 ▼	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	GRAND FORKS ND	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLEWG3 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
10/31/2025 ▼	MN	Walk-Around (Level II)	ERSKINE MN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 393.11A1-CSLRR — CFR 393.11A1-CSLRR Non-OOS
08/19/2025 ▼	MN	Full (Level I)	ERSKINE MN	2	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (2) 393.9A-HLLH — CFR 393.9A-HLLH Non-OOS 392.2-SLLS2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
06/23/2025 ▼	MN	Full (Level I)	THIEF RIVER FALLS MN	2	1	0	0	0	1	-
Violations (2) 393.41-BNPB — CFR 393.41-BNPB OOS 393.95F — CFR 393.95F Non-OOS
04/29/2025 ▼	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	GRAND FORKS ND	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLEWA3 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
11/12/2024 ▼	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	GRAND FORKS ND	2	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (2) 392.2-SLLEQP — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2-SLLEWG3 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
08/20/2024 ▼	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	BEMIDJI MN	2	0	2	0	0	0	-
Violations (2) 392.2-SLLFY — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 391.41A-MCPC — CFR 391.41A-MCPC Non-OOS
03/07/2024 ▼	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	DONALDSON	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
09/25/2023 ▼	MN	Walk-Around (Level II)	INT'L FALLS	4	2	1	1	3	1	-
Violations (4) 383.23(a)(2) — CFR 383.23(a)(2) OOS 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo OOS (Unsafe Driving)
06/22/2023	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	ERSKINE WEIGH SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Excess	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	JDI 0165169	$250,000	08/01/1999	01/24/2012	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	JDI 0165169	$500,000	08/01/1999	01/24/2012	Name Changed
91	BIPD	UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE CO.	171472A	$0	08/01/1998	07/04/1999	Cancelled
91	BIPD	UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE CO.	171472	$0	08/01/1997	08/01/1998	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC338380	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	11/15/2012	-	-
MC338380	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	05/27/1998	REVOKED	09/21/1999

No revocation records.

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95/100

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 95

Starts at 100−5 totalFinal 95

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

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

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 6/16/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 33.3333% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands — risk scales

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 33.3333% vs national avg 20.72%.

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.

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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (10)

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