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Company CheckHEARTLAND CARRIERS INC · DOT 780268

1301 S PARKVIEW BLVD, BRANDON, SD, 57005

DOT# 780268 MC# 348992 Brandon, South Dakota 27 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest Jun 21, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Jun 21, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Dec 9, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Dec 9, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Dec 5, 2025
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address1301 S PARKVIEW BLVD, BRANDON, SD, 57005

Mailing Address1301 S PARKVIEW BLVD, BRANDON, SD, 57005

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC348992

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating27 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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .95 · 2 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 4.2 · 6 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage372,696 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 RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS22.2% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review05/23/2012

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective08/26/2019

CompanyGREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.

Policy #GWP97060A

Last checked07/23/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet3 units

Drivers4

Mileage372,696 mi

Operating27 years

MCS-15003/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total14

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total9

Out of Service2

OOS Rate22.2%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total1

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Last FMCSA Review: 05/23/2012 | Rated: 05/30/2012

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

3 · 0 OOS -

2024

8 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

8 · 1 OOS =

2026

1 · 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 Jun 2026, 13 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (7.7% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

14 roadside violations across 13 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 6 violations · 1 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 5 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 0 OOS

Other (General) 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 (20)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/21/2026	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ALPHARETTA GA	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/09/2025	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	SANDERS AZ	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
12/09/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	CLOQUET MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/05/2025	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	15 - I380 NB MM 51 BRANDON	3	0	1	2	0	-	▲Detail
10/13/2025	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	HWY 151 NB	4	0	3	1	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2025	IA	Full (Level I)	M27 SB	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/28/2025	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	RATON PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/11/2025	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	HARDIN MT	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/04/2025	IL	Full (Level I)	80	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/06/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	BURBANK SD	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/05/2024	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	ODESSA MO	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/06/2024	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	TREGO COUNTY - 195	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/01/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	16 - I380 SB MM 53 BRANDON	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
07/17/2024	IA	Full (Level I)	28 - I80 WB MM 44 AVOCA	2	1	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
05/16/2024	AR	Full (Level I)	CONWAY AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/13/2024	KS	Full (Level I)	OLATHE SOUTH M.C.I.S. #24W	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/03/2024	KS	Driver-Only (Level III)	LYON COUNTY - 111	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/04/2023	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	MM 356 SD 50	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/10/2023	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	MIDWAY SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/07/2023	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	WB I90	2	0	1	1	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections14

HOS Compliance 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 6 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	CM0035928	$1,000,000	12/14/2001	06/12/2002	Cancelled
34	CARGO	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	CM0035928	$0	12/14/2001	06/12/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN285077	$1,000,000	12/14/1999	12/14/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	CT7500361198-981	$750,000	12/14/1998	12/14/1999	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	CT7500361198-981	$750,000	12/14/1998	01/08/2000	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	MAXUM CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TRK-6005943-1	$750,000	06/12/2007	06/04/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	MAXUM CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	TRK-6005943-1	$750,000	06/12/2007	06/12/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	CT7504281602-021	$750,000	06/12/2002	06/12/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP97060A	$1,000,000	06/04/2012	08/26/2019	Transferred
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	LTO0000380	$1,000,000	06/04/2010	06/27/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	LTO0000380	$1,000,000	06/04/2010	06/04/2012	Replaced
34	CARGO	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	CT751466-3608-081	$0	06/04/2008	07/14/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	CT751466-3608-081	$750,000	06/04/2008	06/04/2010	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC348992	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	12/23/1998	TRANSFER CONSUMMATED	08/28/2019
MC348992	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	09/04/2019	-	-
MC348992	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/16/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/05/2008
MC348992	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/16/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/13/2007

No revocation records.

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95/100

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 95

Starts at 100−5 totalFinal 95

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

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 22.2222% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 22.2222% 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.

HEARTLAND CARRIERS INC

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Drivers

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Quick Facts

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (20)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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