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LARRY J SCHAEFER AND JOHN L SCHAEFER

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Company CheckLARRY J SCHAEFER AND JOHN L SCHAEFER · DOT 73130

DBA: SCHAEFER BROTHERS

53962 867 RD, PLAINVIEW, NE, 68769-2090

DOT# 73130 MC# 319151 Plainview, Nebraska 29 years

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Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Conditional

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

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

Safety & compliance 5

Jun 18, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Apr 20, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Mar 17, 2026
Roadside inspection, 5 violations (no OOS).
Mar 4, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Aug 21, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.

Insurance 3

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).
Sep 18, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.).
Sep 15, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address53962 867 RD, PLAINVIEW, NE, 68769-2090

Mailing Address53962 867 RD, PLAINVIEW, NE, 68769-2090

Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

Brokers must keep a $75,000 surety bond or trust fund on file with FMCSA. If it lapses, FMCSA revokes the broker’s authority, so an active bond is the key thing a carrier should verify before hauling for a broker.

Bond StatusActive

On File (FMCSA)$75,000

VerifiedFMCSA · 08/07/2026

Required$75,000 (FMCSA min)

Last checked09/08/2026

TypeSurety Bond (BMC-84)

Surety / TrusteeMERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY ( MUTUAL)

Contact☎ (800) 678-8171
🌐 merchantsbonding.com

Filings on record2

Bond history

MERCHANTS BONDING COMPANY ( MUTUAL)since Mar 31, 2021 · active

GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.Oct 2013 to Mar 2021 · CANCELLED

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Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC319151

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerActive

Operating29 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 3.1 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

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 23.5 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage586,887 miles

Mileage Year2024

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)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS50.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review03/08/2012

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 08/07/2026

CompanyGREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.

Policy #CLP01517I

Last checked09/08/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier & Broker

Fleet10 units

Drivers8

Mileage586,887 mi

Operating29 years

MCS-15009/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Safety RatingConditional

Driver Inspections

Total11

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total2

Out of Service1

OOS Rate50.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 03/08/2012 | Rated: 05/19/2012

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 · 0 OOS -

2024

6 · 0 OOS =

2025

3 · 0 OOS =

2026

6 · 1 OOS ▲

Crashes

2023

0 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 Jun 2026, 11 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (9.1% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 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
07/17/2024	NORFOLK	NE	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

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 11 violations · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 6 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 (20)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/18/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	LAUREL NE	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/20/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	LAUREL NE	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/17/2026	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	RUSSELL	5	0	5	0	-	▲Detail
03/04/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	FREMONT SCALE	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/24/2026	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	NEW CAMBRIA MO	7	1	7	1	-	▲Detail
01/07/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON STATE HWY 35, 181 FEET NORT	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/28/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON PAWNEE PLZ, 55 FEET EAST FR	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/12/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON US HWY 81, 1067 FEET SOUTH	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/30/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	MIDWAY SD	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/01/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	LAUREL SCALE	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/18/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON UNNAMED STREET, 149 FEET WE	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/23/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON STATE HWY 13, 331 FEET WEST	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/24/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON CO RD 7, 800 FEET NORTH FRO	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON CO RD 6, 847 FEET NORTH FRO	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/28/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON UNNAMED STREET, 10 FEET NOR	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/07/2023	NE	Walk-Around (Level II)	ON US HWY 275, 1763 FEET NORTH	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/15/2023	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON US HWY 30, 1661 FEET WEST O	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/24/2023	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON UNNAMED STREET, 221 FEET WE	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/19/2023	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	WAVERLY WEST BOUND	3	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
09/14/2023	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	LAUREL	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections11

Unsafe Driving 3 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 2 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP01517I	$1,000,000	10/17/2003	09/15/2025	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP01517I	$0	10/17/2003	09/18/2025	Cancelled
84	SURETY	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	SIC16702A	$0	10/01/2013	03/31/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP01517I	$1,000,000	05/08/1997	10/17/2003	Replaced
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP01517I	$0	05/08/1997	10/17/2003	Replaced
84	SURETY	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	SIC16702A	$0	03/31/2009	10/01/2013	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC319151	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/19/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/21/2025
MC319151	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	05/20/1997	-	-
MC319151	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	04/17/2009	REVOKED	12/09/2013
MC319151	BROKER	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/04/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/18/2021
MC319151	PROPERTY BROKER	REINSTATED	01/27/2014	-	-

No revocation records.

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81/100

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 81

−12

Starts at 100−19 totalFinal 81

Conditional safety rating−12

Vehicle 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

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file 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

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 50% vs national avg 20.72%.

-2

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 10 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: 1 crash(es) across 10 vehicles (~0.1 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 50% 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.

LARRY J SCHAEFER AND JOHN L SCHAEFER

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Company Information

Contact Details

Broker Surety Bond FMCSA BMC-84/85

Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

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 (20)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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