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Company CheckGUENTHER & SONS INC · DOT 422561

2578 LONG STREET, ROSS, OH, 45061

DOT# 422561 MC# 847913 Ross, Ohio 11 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

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

Safety & compliance 6

Apr 14, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Dec 21, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Dec 21, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Nov 6, 2025
Roadside inspection, 4 out-of-service violations.
Jul 21, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jun 25, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).

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

Contact Details

Phone(513) 515-2958

Fax(513) 738-5633

Email[email protected]

Physical Address2578 LONG STREET, ROSS, OH, 45061

Mailing Address2578 LONG STREET, ROSS, OH, 45061

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC847913

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating11 years

Company Overview

GUENTHER & SONS INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Ross, Ohio. The company has been in operation for 11 years, registered with the FMCSA on 09/27/1990. The fleet consists of 20 power units and 14 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 1,027,181 miles (2024). 2 crashes have been reported with no fatalities. A total of 16 inspections are on file. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, GUENTHER & SONS INC has a Trust Score of 93/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For HireExempt For Hire

Mileage

Annual Mileage1,027,181 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)2

Fatal0

Driver OOS10.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS16.7% avg 20.7%

Last Review10/26/2017

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/16/2026

CompanySENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #A0228806001

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet20 units

Drivers14

Mileage1,027,181 mi

Operating11 years

MCS-15012/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Injury2

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total10

Out of Service1

OOS Rate10.0%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total6

Out of Service1

OOS Rate16.7%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 10/26/2017 | Rated: 04/09/2010

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

1 · 0 OOS —

2024

5 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

5 · 1 OOS =

2026

1 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

0 crashes —

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

2 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 Apr 2026 — 9 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (11.1% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (3)

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
12/21/2025	FLAT ROCK	IN	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
12/21/2025	FLAT ROCK	IN	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
02/07/2024	VERSAILLES	IN	0	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

16 roadside violations across 9 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 9 violations · 3 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 4 violations · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 3 violations · 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 (12)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
04/14/2026 ▼	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	UPLAND IN	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLS2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
11/06/2025 ▼	KY	Full (Level I)	LEXINGTON	7	4	3	1	4	3	-
Violations (7) 396.17C-PI — CFR 396.17C-PI Non-OOS 393.45D-BHDB — CFR 393.45D-BHDB OOS 393.43A-TPV — CFR 393.43A-TPV OOS 393.43A-TSV — CFR 393.43A-TSV OOS 395.8A1-HOSP — CFR 395.8A1-HOSP OOS 395.8K2-HOSRC — CFR 395.8K2-HOSRC Non-OOS 395.34A1-ELDDFN — CFR 395.34A1-ELDDFN Non-OOS
07/21/2025	NE	Full (Level I)	NORTH PLATTE WEST BOUND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
06/25/2025	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	BURBANK OH	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/25/2025 ▼	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	W HARRISON IN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLTCD — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
02/17/2025 ▼	PA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SR0015 TIOGA TWP - PA WELCOME	4	0	0	0	4	0	-
Violations (4) 393.95F — CFR 393.95F Non-OOS 393.81-H — CFR 393.81-H Non-OOS 393.45B2-B-AIR — CFR 393.45B2-B-AIR Non-OOS 393.45B2-B-AIR — CFR 393.45B2-B-AIR Non-OOS
10/14/2024 ▼	KY	Full (Level I)	KUTTAWA	2	0	1	0	1	0	-
Violations (2) 395.8 — ELD/Log not current Non-OOS (HOS Compliance) 396.3A1B — CFR 396.3A1B Non-OOS
08/16/2024 ▼	KY	Full (Level I)	KUTTAWA	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
08/09/2024	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	129 EAST	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
06/06/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	WEST HARRISON IN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
02/07/2024 ▼	IN	Full (Level I)	VERSAILLES IN	10	1	1	0	5	1	-
Violations (10) 393.80A — CFR 393.80A Non-OOS 393.53B-B — CFR 393.53B-B Non-OOS 393.60C — CFR 393.60C Non-OOS 393.203A-CBP — CFR 393.203A-CBP Non-OOS 393.47E — CFR 393.47E Non-OOS 393.53B-B — CFR 393.53B-B Non-OOS 396.3A1-BOS — CFR 396.3A1-BOS OOS 399.211-CBP — CFR 399.211-CBP Non-OOS 393.47E — CFR 393.47E Non-OOS 392.2-SLTFC — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
09/02/2023 ▼	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	SR 22	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 393.60(d) — CFR 393.60(d) Non-OOS

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH)	OCA-0000066	$750,000	10/01/2020	09/03/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH)	OCA-0000066-00	$750,000	10/01/2019	10/01/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	LFO0002747	$750,000	10/01/2017	10/01/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	LFO0002747	$750,000	10/01/2017	11/01/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	50-898893-00	$750,000	10/01/2016	10/01/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH)	OCA-0000066	$750,000	09/03/2021	09/03/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	LFO0001417	$750,000	05/15/2015	10/01/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	LFO0001417	$750,000	05/15/2015	11/04/2016	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC847913	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	DISMISSED	12/31/2013	-	-
MC847913	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/05/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/02/2017
MC847913	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	06/04/2015	-	-

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

Starts at 100−7 totalFinal 93

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

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−2

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

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 10% vs national avg 5.51%.

-2

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 2 crash(es) across 20 vehicles (~0.1 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands — risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−2 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 2 crash(es) across 20 vehicles (~0.1 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 10% vs national avg 5.51%.

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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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (3)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (12)

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