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Company CheckSTEEL HORSE TRANSPORTATION LLC · DOT 4212408

8403 CRESTVIEW DR, DES MOINES, IA, 50320

DOT# 4212408 MC# 1626881 Des Moines, Iowa 2 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest May 19, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

May 19, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Apr 10, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Mar 17, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Mar 1, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address8403 CRESTVIEW DR, DES MOINES, IA, 50320

Mailing Address8403 CRESTVIEW DR, DES MOINES, IA, 50320-6912

Other Companies at This Address

Address8403 CRESTVIEW DR, DES MOINES, IA 50320

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
STEEL HORSE TRANSPORTATION LLC this company	4212408	Sign in	Active
STEEL HORSE TRANSPORTATION LLC	4987976	Sign in	Active
V & D LEASING LC	393398	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

DocketMC1626881

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating2 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 10 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 3.87 · 6 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 2.2 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS16.7% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS33.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective07/04/2025

CompanyGEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #9300133209

Last checked07/23/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers2

Operating2 years

MCS-15003/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total12

Out of Service2

OOS Rate16.7%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total3

Out of Service1

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg20.7%

Above 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

2024

4 · 1 OOS -

2025

4 · 2 OOS ▲

2026

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 May 2026, 11 inspections, 4 resulted in out-of-service (36.4% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

19 roadside violations across 11 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 10 violations · 2 OOS

Unsafe Driving 5 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 4 violations · 2 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 (13)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/19/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
04/10/2026	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	WAYLAND MO	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/17/2026	UT	Driver-Only (Level III)	HELPER UT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/01/2026	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	BILLINGS MT	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/28/2026	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/30/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	WAVERLY WEST BOUND	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/14/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	01 - I80 WB MM 151 MITCHELLVIL	7	0	7	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/22/2025	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	HAUGAN MT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/26/2025	ME	Driver-Only (Level III)	FARMINGTON	2	1	2	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/03/2024	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	SPARTA WI	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/10/2024	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	BILLINGS MT	2	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
07/10/2024	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	HANCOCK WI	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/29/2024	VA	Driver-Only (Level III)	DUMFRIES VA	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections12

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

HOS Compliance 6 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 2 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	GEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY	9300133209	$750,000	04/02/2025	07/04/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	CW3EVE-000914-01	$750,000	04/02/2024	04/02/2025	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1626881	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	04/09/2024	-	-

No revocation records.

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74/100

Good

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 74

−10

Starts at 100−26 totalFinal 74

MCS-150 update overdue−10

Limited operating history (1-3 years)−6

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

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

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

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

-6

Limited operating history (1-3 years)

Authority granted about 2 year(s) ago.

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 16.6667% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 33.3333% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 16.6667% vs national avg 5.51%.

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)	−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.

STEEL HORSE TRANSPORTATION LLC

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Drivers

Safety Summary

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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 (13)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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