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CARSTENSEN CONTRACTING INC

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Company CheckCARSTENSEN CONTRACTING INC · DOT 452580

800 EAST QUARTZITE ST, DELL RAPIDS, SD, 57022

DOT# 452580 MC# 317437 Dell Rapids, South Dakota 29 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

5 events tracked · latest Sep 8, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Mar 9, 2026
Roadside inspection, 5 violations (no OOS).
Feb 21, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Dec 16, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Nov 6, 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

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Physical Address800 EAST QUARTZITE ST, DELL RAPIDS, SD, 57022

Mailing Address800 EAST QUARTZITE ST, DELL RAPIDS, SD, 57022

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC317437

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating29 years

All Docket Numbers

MC317437

Cargo Transported

General FreightMachinery, Large ObjectsConstruction

Operation Classification

Authorized For HirePrivate (Property)

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 .07 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .83 · 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 6.08 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage380,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

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 OOS7.1% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS28.6% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review11/02/2016

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/05/2026

CompanyTHE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF CONNECTICUT

Policy #0L712339

Last checked09/07/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet62 units

Drivers64

Mileage380,000 mi

Operating29 years

MCS-15005/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total14

Out of Service1

OOS Rate7.1%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total7

Out of Service2

OOS Rate28.6%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total1

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Last FMCSA Review: 11/02/2016

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

8 · 1 OOS -

2025

8 · 2 OOS ▲

2026

2 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2024

1 crash -

2025

0 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 Mar 2026, 10 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (20% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 4 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

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	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
02/20/2024	0005	ND	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

19 roadside violations across 10 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 11 violations · 4 OOS

Hazardous Materials 5 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 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 (18)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
03/09/2026	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	CORSICA SD	5	0	0	0	5	0	4	▲Detail
02/21/2026	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	37 - I29 SB MM 132 SALIX	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/16/2025	SD	Full (Level I)	JEFFERSON SD	3	2	0	0	3	2	-	▲Detail
11/06/2025	ND	Full (Level I)	HAGUE ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/15/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	DELL RAPIDS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	SELBY SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/03/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	ABERDEEN SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/13/2025	ND	Full (Level I)	UNDERWOOD ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/25/2025	ND	Full (Level I)	WATFORD CITY ND	8	2	0	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
03/17/2025	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	WATFORD CITY ND	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/23/2024	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	BISMARCK ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/06/2024	OK	Full (Level I)	LOVE PORT ENTRY	3	1	1	1	2	0	-	▲Detail
05/07/2024	OK	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-40 @ MM 212	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/02/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	MIDWAY SD	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/03/2024	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	YANKTON SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/29/2024	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	OTTAWA COUNTY - 143	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/20/2024	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	BOTTINEAU ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/17/2024	IA	Full (Level I)	37 - I29 SB MM 132 SALIX	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections11

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO.	1069104807	$1,000,000	05/20/1997	04/01/2004	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO.	1069104807	$1,000,000	05/20/1997	05/01/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF WISCONSIN	CBA 022 18 55	$1,000,000	05/20/1997	05/20/1997	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTERN NATIONAL MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	CID 208241	$1,000,000	04/01/2005	09/28/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTERN NATIONAL MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	CID 208241	$1,000,000	04/01/2005	10/18/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BITCO GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION	CAP 3 187 092	$1,000,000	04/01/2004	04/01/2005	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BITCO GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION	CAP 3 187 092	$1,000,000	04/01/2004	05/27/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF WISCONSIN	CBA 022 18 55	$1,000,000	03/27/1997	05/20/1997	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC317437	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/21/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/06/2020
MC317437	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/02/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/11/2005
MC317437	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	04/30/1997	-	-
MC317437	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/05/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/16/2004

No revocation records.

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90/100

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 90

Starts at 100−10 totalFinal 90

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

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 7.1429% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 28.5714% 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 7.1429% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 28.5714% 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.

CARSTENSEN CONTRACTING INC

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Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (18)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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