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ROSS METZGER

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Company CheckROSS METZGER · DOT 398827

DBA: METZGER & SONS TRUCKING

DOT# 398827 MC# MC-278145 Larchwood, Iowa

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Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Contact Details

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Other Companies at This Address

Address2137 100TH ST, LARCHWOOD, IA 51241

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
ROSS METZGER	1737934	Sign in	Active
ROSS METZGER this company	398827	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

Carrier OperationC - Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)

DocketMC278145

CommonNot Active

ContractInactive

BrokerNot Active

Quick Facts

StatusInactive

TypeCarrier

MCS-15007/2011

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	9E-46308	$750,000	11/01/2000	11/01/2000	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	9E-46308	$750,000	11/01/2000	09/07/2010	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	9E-46308	$750,000	09/22/1994	11/01/2000	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	9E46308	$750,000	08/29/2014	06/01/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	9E4-63-08	$1,000,000	04/20/2011	08/29/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	9E4-63-08	$750,000	04/20/2011	04/20/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	9E4-63-08	$750,000	04/20/2011	05/21/2011	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC278145	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	11/02/1994	REVOKED	09/07/2010

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60/100

Good

NOT 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 60

−25

−10

Starts at 100−40 totalFinal 60

Not active with FMCSA−25

MCS-150 update overdue−10

Operating history unknown−3

No email address on file−2

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

USDOT registration is not active (inactive, revoked, or pending).

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

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-25

Not active with FMCSA FAILS VERIFICATION

FMCSA does not show an active USDOT registration / operating authority.

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

-2

No email address on file

No public email address on record.

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.