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Company CheckW & J CARPENTER INC · DOT 359440

420 NEBRASKA AVE, ARAPAHOE, NE, 68922

DOT# 359440 MC# 360616 Arapahoe, Nebraska 27 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

8 events tracked · latest Jul 23, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 7

Jan 7, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Dec 10, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Dec 9, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Nov 24, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jun 24, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Jun 16, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jan 28, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 1

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

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address420 NEBRASKA AVE, ARAPAHOE, NE, 68922

Mailing AddressPO BOX 597, ARAPAHOE, NE, 68922-0597

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 checked07/23/2026

TypeSurety Bond (BMC-84)

Surety / TrusteeMERCHANTS NATIONAL BONDING, INC

Contact☎ (515) 243-8171
🌐 merchantsbonding.com

Filings on record3

Bond history

MERCHANTS NATIONAL BONDING, INCsince May 7, 2021 · active

GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.Oct 2013 to May 2021 · CANCELLED

GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.May 2010 to Oct 2013 · replaced

GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.Jul 2006 to Apr 2007 · CANCELLED

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Other Companies at This Address

Address420 NEBRASKA AVE, ARAPAHOE, NE 68922

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Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
TRINITY LLC	1300371	Sign in	Active
W & J CARPENTER INC this company	359440	Sign in	Active

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

DocketMC360616

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerActive

Operating27 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 3.11 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .91 · 1 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 2 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1,010,095 miles

Mileage Year2025

VMT SourceEstimated

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)4

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review07/25/2025

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type84

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/02/2026

CompanyMERCHANTS NATIONAL BONDING, INC

Policy #4001007

Last checked07/23/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier & Broker

Fleet10 units

Drivers15

Mileage1,010,095 mi

Operating27 years

MCS-15010/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)4

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away3

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total13

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: 07/25/2025 | Rated: 02/17/2010

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

4 · 0 OOS -

2024

8 · 0 OOS =

2025

8 · 0 OOS =

2026

1 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

3 crashes ▲

2026

0 crashes ▼

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 Jan 2026, 12 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 (4)

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	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
12/10/2025	CHUGWATER	WY	0	1	1	Blowing Snow	Dry	Daylight
06/16/2025	Not Reported	CO	1	1	2	Severe Crosswinds	Dry	Daylight
01/28/2025	GRAND ISLAND	NE	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
04/29/2024	EVANSTON	WY	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

15 roadside violations across 12 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 13 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 1 violation · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 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	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	HazMat
01/07/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON I- 80, 1307 FEET EAST OF MI	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/09/2025	CO	Walk-Around (Level II)	FORT MORGAN CO	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
11/24/2025	CO	Walk-Around (Level II)	FORT MORGAN CO	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
06/24/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON US HWY 34, 2547 FEET WEST O	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/23/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	CULBERTSON WEIGH STATION	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/16/2025	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	AKRON CO	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/29/2025	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	DILLON CO	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/14/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	MM80 RT83	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/08/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON US HWY 30, 1400 FEET WEST O	3	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/26/2024	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	SHELBY MT	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/26/2024	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	SHELBY MT	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/29/2024	UT	Driver-Only (Level III)	KANAB UT	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/23/2024	KS	Driver-Only (Level III)	HODGEMAN COUNTY - 083	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/21/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORTH PLATTE HWY 30	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/04/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON US HWY 30, 996 FEET WEST OF	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/22/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	MM 72, F6	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/09/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON STATE HWY 19, 0 FEET OF MI	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/11/2023	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON US HWY 34, 1251 FEET EAST O	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/10/2023	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	CULBERTSON PORT	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/16/2023	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	GRAND ISLAND	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/10/2023	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	BROADWATER PULLOUT, 383 FEET N	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections13

Unsafe Driving 4 viols

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
84	SURETY	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	SIC16904B	$0	10/01/2013	05/07/2021	Cancelled
84	SURETY	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	SIC16373A	$0	07/05/2006	04/15/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	9XJ80	$750,000	05/24/1999	05/01/2000	Cancelled
84	SURETY	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	SIC16904A	$0	05/07/2010	10/01/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP21190A	$1,000,000	05/01/2007	04/19/2007	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP21190A	$0	05/01/2007	04/19/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP21190A	$1,000,000	05/01/2004	05/01/2007	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP21190A	$0	05/01/2004	05/01/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN289813	$1,000,000	05/01/2000	05/01/2004	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN289813	$1,000,000	05/01/2000	06/07/2004	Cancelled
34	CARGO	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	87 LST 213768	$0	04/26/2007	04/19/2010	Replaced
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP77509A	$0	04/19/2010	02/29/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA05732923	$1,000,000	04/19/2007	04/19/2010	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC360616	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/05/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/07/2013
MC360616	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	07/13/2006	REVOKED	04/23/2007
MC360616	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	07/01/1999	-	-
MC360616	PROPERTY BROKER	REINSTATED	05/10/2010	-	-
MC360616	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/19/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/02/2007
MC360616	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/19/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/02/2007
MC360616	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/12/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/20/2021
MC360616	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	04/07/2006	-	-
MC360616	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/23/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/19/2007

No revocation records.

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93/100

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 93

−7

Starts at 100−7 totalFinal 93

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−7

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

Active for-hire authority on file, FMCSA requires insurance to keep it active.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-7

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 4 crash(es) across 10 vehicles (~0.4 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−7 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 4 crash(es) across 10 vehicles (~0.4 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

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.

W & J CARPENTER INC

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Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

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Quick Facts

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (4)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (21)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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