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NICHOLS LOGISTICS LLC

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Company CheckNICHOLS LOGISTICS LLC · DOT 3613698

1152 N PINON CIR, BAYFIELD, CO, 81122-9658

DOT# 3613698 MC# 1231778 Bayfield, Colorado 4 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Jul 22, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 1

Jul 19, 2026
Mailing address changed in FMCSA records.

Safety & compliance 4

Jul 22, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Nov 11, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Nov 11, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Aug 27, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address1152 N PINON CIR, BAYFIELD, CO, 81122-9658

Mailing Address1152 N PINION CIR, BAYFIELD, CO, 81122

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

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

Last checked09/10/2026

TypeSurety Bond (BMC-84)

Last filing on record01/15/2024

Surety / TrusteeJET INSURANCE COMPANY

Contact☎ (855) 296-2663
🌐 jetsurety.com

Filings on record3

Bond history

JET INSURANCE COMPANYsince Jan 15, 2025 · active

LEXINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE CORPORATIONJan 2024 to Jan 2025 · replaced

GRAY CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANYJan 2022 to Jan 2024 · replaced

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Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1231778

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerActive

Operating4 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 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 1.63 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage85,000 miles

Mileage Year2022

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 RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS20.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective01/15/2024

CompanyARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY

Policy #CA977011938

Last checked09/10/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeBroker / Carrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers2

Mileage85,000 mi

Operating4 years

MCS-15007/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total7

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total5

Out of Service1

OOS Rate20.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

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 · 0 OOS -

2024

4 · 0 OOS =

2025

4 · 1 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 Jul 2026, 6 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (16.7% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

2 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 2 violations · 1 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	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/22/2026	CO	Full (Level I)	GRANT CO	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/11/2025	NM	Full (Level I)	CLAYTON PORT OF ENTRY	1	1	1	1	-	▲Detail
11/11/2025	NM	Full (Level I)	CLAYTON PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/27/2025	UT	Full (Level I)	AMERICAN FORK UT	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/04/2025	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	CENTER CO	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/08/2024	NM	Full (Level I)	ON US HWY 550 4614 FT N OF CAB	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/21/2024	CO	Full (Level I)	CREEDE CO	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/23/2024	UT	Driver-Only (Level III)	MONTICELLO UT	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/17/2024	CO	Full (Level I)	PUEBLO CO	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/06/2023	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	US 550	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections7

Vehicle Maintenance 2 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA955134983	$1,000,000	02/02/2022	01/15/2022	Replaced
84	SURETY	LEXINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE CORPORATION	L340655-2197	$0	01/15/2024	01/15/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA955134983	$1,000,000	01/15/2024	01/15/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA955134983	$1,000,000	01/15/2024	03/06/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	CT1132117105	$750,000	01/15/2024	01/15/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	CT1132117105	$750,000	01/15/2024	02/21/2024	Cancelled
84	SURETY	GRAY CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY	GSC0603639	$0	01/15/2022	01/15/2024	Replaced
84	SURETY	GRAY CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY	GSC0603639	$0	01/15/2022	01/17/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA955134983	$1,000,000	01/15/2022	01/15/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA01231778	$1,000,000	01/15/2022	01/15/2022	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1231778	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/21/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/16/2024
MC1231778	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/01/2022	-	-
MC1231778	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	01/25/2022	-	-

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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

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.

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

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.

NICHOLS LOGISTICS LLC

Trust Score

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Company Information

Contact Details

Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (10)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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