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MERWIN INC

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Company CheckMERWIN INC · DOT 625333

DBA: PRAIRIE FUELS

176 E MILWAUKEE AVE, BAKER, MT, 59313

DOT# 625333 MC# 1457253 Baker, Montana 3 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Conditional

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Physical Address176 E MILWAUKEE AVE, BAKER, MT, 59313

Mailing AddressPO BOX 1272, BAKER, MT, 59313-1272

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1457253

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating3 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For HirePrivate (Property) Hazardous Materials

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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 4.45 · 7 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage270,395 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.

HazMatYes

Safety Summary

Safety RatingConditional

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS15.4% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review06/30/2011

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/13/2026

CompanyGUIDEONE INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #62P100694

Last checked07/22/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet28 units

Drivers7

Mileage270,395 mi

Operating3 years

MCS-15001/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingConditional

Driver Inspections

Total13

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total13

Out of Service2

OOS Rate15.4%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total12

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Last FMCSA Review: 06/30/2011 | Rated: 08/27/2011

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

5 · 2 OOS -

2024

8 · 1 OOS ▼

2025

9 · 2 OOS ▲

2026

2 · 0 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, 2 resulted in out-of-service (18.2% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

17 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

Vehicle Maintenance 8 violations · 1 OOS

Hazardous Materials 7 violations · 2 OOS

Unsafe Driving 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 (24)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/11/2026	MT	Full (Level I)	WIBAUX MT	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/13/2026	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	WIBAUX MT	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/19/2025	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	WIBAUX MT	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/27/2025	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	BAKER MT	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/12/2025	ND	Full (Level I)	WILLISTON ND	3	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
05/23/2025	ND	Full (Level I)	WILLISTON ND	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/13/2025	ND	Full (Level I)	BEACH ND	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/22/2025	ND	Full (Level I)	WILLISTON ND	6	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/10/2025	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	WIBAUX MT	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/15/2025	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	WIBAUX MT	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/14/2025	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	WILLISTON ND	7	2	0	2	-	▲Detail
06/19/2024	ND	Full (Level I)	WILLISTON ND	3	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/13/2024	ND	Full (Level I)	BERTHOLD ND	3	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/16/2024	ND	Full (Level I)	BERTHOLD	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/04/2024	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	WILLISTON ND	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/12/2024	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	WILLISTON ND	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/04/2024	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	WILLISTON ND	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/01/2024	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	WILLISTON ND	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/10/2024	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	WIBAUX MT	2	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
12/18/2023	ND	Full (Level I)	WILLISTON ND	1	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
11/16/2023	ND	Full (Level I)	BERTHOLD ND	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/23/2023	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	SIDNEY SCALE	2	2	2	2	-	▲Detail
09/17/2023	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROADSIDE	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/01/2023	MT	Full (Level I)	SIDNEY	2	0	2	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections14

Vehicle Maintenance 7 viols

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1457253	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/31/2022	-	-

No revocation records.

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85/100

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 85

−12

Starts at 100−15 totalFinal 85

Conditional safety rating−12

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)−3

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 7/13/2026.

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.

-3

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)

Authority granted about 3 years ago.

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.

MERWIN INC

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Mileage

Drivers

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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 (24)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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