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CUSTOM BANDAG INC

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Company CheckCUSTOM BANDAG INC · DOT 536244

Private carrier, runs its own trucks and hauls its own freight

401 EAST LINDEN AVENUE, LINDEN, NJ, 07036

DOT# 536244 Linden, New Jersey

PRIVATE CARRIER

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Conditional

Safety Rating

154

Inspections

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Public record

7 events tracked · latest Sep 3, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 7

Sep 3, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Aug 17, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jul 28, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jul 23, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
May 22, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Oct 17, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Oct 16, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

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

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Physical Address401 EAST LINDEN AVENUE, LINDEN, NJ, 07036

Mailing Address401 EAST LINDEN AVENUE, LINDEN, NJ, 07036

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

CommonNot Active

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Cargo Transported

General FreightTires

Operation Classification

Private (Property)Private Only

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 .87 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure .6 · 13 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 4.09 · 33 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage100,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingConditional

Total Crashes (24-mo)4

Fatal0

Driver OOS8.5% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS20.8% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review02/11/2019

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypePrivate Carrier

Fleet71 units

Drivers70

Mileage100,000 mi

MCS-15004/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)4

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away4

Safety RatingConditional

Driver Inspections

Total82

Out of Service7

OOS Rate8.5%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total72

Out of Service15

OOS Rate20.8%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total3

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Last FMCSA Review: 02/11/2019 | Rated: 05/17/2009

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

17 · 5 OOS -

2024

38 · 7 OOS ▲

2025

38 · 9 OOS ▲

2026

26 · 12 OOS ▲

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

3 crashes ▲

2026

1 crash ▼

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 Sep 2026, 81 inspections, 22 resulted in out-of-service (27.2% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 9 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 15 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (5)

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
05/22/2026	WHARTON	NJ	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
10/17/2025	ELIZABETH	NJ	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
10/16/2025	NEWPORT	DE	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
05/14/2025	WINSLOW TWP	NJ	0	1	2	Rain	Wet	Daylight
06/19/2024	JEFFERSON TWP	NJ	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

115 roadside violations across 81 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 76 violations · 13 OOS

Unsafe Driving 22 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 14 violations · 10 OOS

Hazardous Materials 1 violation · 1 OOS

Other (General) 2 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 (100)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
09/03/2026	NJ	Full (Level I)	NJ	1	1	1	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/17/2026	DE	Full (Level I)	NEW CASTLE DE	1	1	1	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/28/2026	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	NJ	2	1	2	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/23/2026	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	NJ	1	1	1	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/07/2026	NJ	Full (Level I)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/02/2026	NJ	Full (Level I)	NJ	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
07/01/2026	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/18/2026	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	NJ	5	3	0	0	5	3	-	▲Detail
05/06/2026	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	NJ	1	1	1	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/04/2026	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	HARRIMAN NY	4	0	1	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
04/14/2026	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	NJ	3	0	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
03/31/2026	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	NJ	5	1	1	0	4	1	-	▲Detail
03/31/2026	NY	Full (Level I)	FISHKILL NY	4	1	0	0	4	1	-	▲Detail
03/27/2026	NJ	Full (Level I)	NJ	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
03/06/2026	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	FARMINGDALE NY	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/21/2026	NJ	Full (Level I)	NJ	3	1	1	1	2	0	-	▲Detail
02/17/2026	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	NJ	4	1	0	0	4	1	-	▲Detail
02/11/2026	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	MEDFORD NY	2	1	1	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/28/2026	NJ	Full (Level I)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/24/2026	NJ	Full (Level I)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/20/2026	NJ	Full (Level I)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/14/2026	NY	Full (Level I)	HARRIMAN NY	5	1	0	0	5	1	-	▲Detail
01/10/2026	NJ	Full (Level I)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/09/2026	NJ	Full (Level I)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/09/2026	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/05/2026	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	POUGHKEEPSIE NY	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/23/2025	NJ	Full (Level I)	NJ	1	1	1	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/19/2025	NJ	Full (Level I)	METLIFE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/13/2025	NJ	Full (Level I)	PISCATAWAY SCALE FACILITY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/11/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	SAUGERTIES NY	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
12/11/2025	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	HERBERTSVILLE	3	0	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
12/09/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	SLATE HILL NY	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/01/2025	PA	Full (Level I)	PA	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
11/29/2025	NJ	Full (Level I)	PISCATAWAY SCALE FACILITY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/21/2025	NJ	Full (Level I)	I-287 NB MP 9.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/18/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	HIGHLAND NY	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/29/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	CAMPBELL HALL NY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/08/2025	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	HERBERTSVILLE INSPECTION AREA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/26/2025	NY	Full (Level I)	MONTGOMERY NY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/23/2025	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	NEWBURGH NY	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/09/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	SLATE HILL NY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/04/2025	NY	Full (Level I)	KINGSTON NY	4	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
09/02/2025	PA	Walk-Around (Level II)	TULLYTOWN PA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/12/2025	NJ	Full (Level I)	PISCATAWAY SCALE	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
07/29/2025	NJ	Full (Level I)	PISCATAWAY SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/17/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	POUGHKEEPSIE NY	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/17/2025	NY	Full (Level I)	BRONX NY	2	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
07/17/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	BRONX NY	4	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
06/17/2025	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	SLOATSBURG NY	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/12/2025	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	NJTP 16W	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/10/2025	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	201 CENTENNIAL AVE	3	0	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
06/03/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	WALLKILL NY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/17/2025	NJ	Full (Level I)	PISCATAWAY SCALE FACILITY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/15/2025	NJ	Full (Level I)	I-287 NB MP 9.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/06/2025	NJ	Full (Level I)	PISCATAWAY SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/10/2025	CT	Full (Level I)	GREENWICH SCALE	4	1	1	1	3	0	-	▲Detail
04/02/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	SLATE HILL NY	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/26/2025	NJ	Full (Level I)	528@571	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/28/2025	NY	Full (Level I)	WALLKILL NY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/03/2025	NJ	Full (Level I)	ROCKAWAY MALL LOT	4	1	1	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
01/31/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	WALLKILL NY	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/27/2025	NJ	Full (Level I)	GSP NB	6	1	0	0	6	1	-	▲Detail
01/27/2025	NJ	Full (Level I)	SH 34, MP 6.0	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/03/2025	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	HIGHLAND NY	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/19/2024	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	HERBERTSVILLE	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	DIX HILLS NY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/17/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	DIX HILLS NY	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/17/2024	NJ	Full (Level I)	SH 70, MP 55.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/11/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	HARRIMAN NY	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/06/2024	US	Full (Level I)	MIDDLETOWN NY	1	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
11/30/2024	NJ	Full (Level I)	PISCATAWAY SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/19/2024	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	WALLKILL NY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/13/2024	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	WALLKILL NY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/02/2024	NJ	Full (Level I)	PISCATAWAY SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/30/2024	NY	Full (Level I)	WEST NYACK NY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/30/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	FISHKILL NY	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/21/2024	NY	Full (Level I)	HARRIMAN NY	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/16/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	YAPHANK NY	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/05/2024	NJ	Full (Level I)	PISCATAWAY SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/01/2024	NJ	Full (Level I)	PISCATAWAY SCALE	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/30/2024	NY	Full (Level I)	DIX HILLS NY	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/23/2024	CT	Walk-Around (Level II)	GREENWICH SCALE	6	1	1	1	5	0	-	▲Detail
09/07/2024	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	HERBERTSVILLE	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/04/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	YAPHANK (EB)	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/17/2024	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	GSP NB	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/14/2024	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	PLAINVIEW - SOUTH SERVICE RD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/27/2024	NJ	Full (Level I)	GSP SB	3	1	1	1	2	0	-	▲Detail
07/17/2024	NY	Full (Level I)	SAUGERTIES	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
07/15/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	SPRING VALLEY EXIT 14N	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/17/2024	NJ	Full (Level I)	WEST MILFORD PARK AND RIDE	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/13/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	SUFFERN TANDEM TRAILER LOT	2	2	1	1	1	1	-	▲Detail
06/05/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	BROOKLYN NY	3	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
04/23/2024	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	RAMAPO I-87 N/B	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/19/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	WALLKILL NY	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/11/2024	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	RT33/TOLL8	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
03/30/2024	NJ	Full (Level I)	PISCATAWAY SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/14/2024	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	HERBERTSVILLE INSPECTION AREA	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
02/12/2024	NY	Full (Level I)	YAPHANK NY	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/06/2024	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	SUFFERN (DOUBLE YARD)	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/03/2024	NJ	Full (Level I)	PISCATAWAY WEIGH STATION	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections84

Unsafe Driving 5 viols

Driver Fitness 13 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 33 viols

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

No authority history.

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

−12

Starts at 100−26 totalFinal 74

Conditional safety rating−12

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

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

Operating history unknown−3

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−1

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Operating authority N/A

Not required for private carriers, a private carrier hauls its own goods and needs no for-hire operating authority (no MC number) under FMCSA.

Insurance on file with FMCSA N/A

Not required for private carriers, a non-hazmat private carrier hauling its own goods is generally not required to file proof of insurance with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Conditional rating (acceptable, but not Unsatisfactory).

What's lowering this score

-12

Conditional safety rating

FMCSA assigned a Conditional safety rating.

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 8.5366% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 20.8333% vs national avg 20.72%.

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

-1

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 4 crash(es) across 71 vehicles (~0.06 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−1 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 4 crash(es) across 71 vehicles (~0.06 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 8.5366% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 20.8333% 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.

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Crash Records (5)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (100)

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