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DBA: RADAR BLUES

332 FINNSWAMP RD, LAKEVILLE, PA, 18438

DOT# 847538 MC# 499479 Lakeville, Pennsylvania 21 years

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1

Power Units

1

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

0

Inspections

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Company Information

Legal NameHELMUT DENKER

DBA NameRADAR BLUES

DOT Number847538

MC Number499479

Entity TypeCarrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationLakeville, Pennsylvania

Added01/06/2000

MCS-15006/04/2025

Contact Details

Phone(570) 877-4395

Email-

Physical Address332 FINNSWAMP RD, LAKEVILLE, PA, 18438

Mailing AddressPO BOX 454, LAKE ARIEL, PA, 18436

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC499479

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating21 years

Company Overview

HELMUT DENKER is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Lakeville, Pennsylvania. The company has been in operation for 21 years, registered with the FMCSA on 01/06/2000. The fleet consists of 1 power unit and 1 driver. Annual mileage is reported at 13,000 miles (2024). The company has a clean safety record with zero reported crashes. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, HELMUT DENKER has a Trust Score of 98/100 (Excellent).

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 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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage13,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

1

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

1

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

SmartWay PartnerNo

No safety rating or inspection data on file with FMCSA.

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective12/25/2025

CompanyUNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY

Policy #CA863853945

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage13,000 mi

Operating21 years

MCS-15006/2025

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

4 · 0 OOS -

2025

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 Mar 2025, 5 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean, no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Inspection Records (5)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
03/24/2025	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	BUTTE MT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/23/2024	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	DUMONT CO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/30/2024	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	DUMONT CO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/30/2024	PA	Full (Level I)	ON ROUTE 6 AT LAKE WALLENPAUPA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/17/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	MURDO SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections5

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 1935144	$1,000,000	11/14/2012	08/07/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	LTO0005323	$750,000	11/14/2011	01/23/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA06293901	$750,000	11/14/2010	11/14/2011	Replaced
34	CARGO	UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	0510TSH641010/050	$0	08/19/2010	08/19/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 7588299	$1,000,000	08/19/2010	11/15/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 7588299	$1,000,000	08/19/2010	11/14/2010	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA05018801	$750,000	08/19/2009	08/19/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA05018801	$0	08/19/2009	08/19/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN605398	$750,000	08/19/2008	08/19/2009	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN605398	$0	08/19/2008	08/19/2009	Cancelled
83	CARGO	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	469172	$0	08/19/2007	08/19/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	469172	$750,000	08/19/2007	08/19/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN477214	$1,000,000	08/19/2005	08/19/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA01935144	$750,000	08/07/2022	02/07/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN441301	$1,000,000	05/12/2005	08/19/2005	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN477214	$0	05/05/2006	08/19/2007	Cancelled
34	CARGO	UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	N0366970U	$0	05/05/2005	05/05/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	02TRM057399-01	$750,000	02/07/2024	10/26/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	LTO0005323	$1,000,000	01/23/2012	11/14/2012	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC499479	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/19/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/12/2010
MC499479	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/18/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/13/2012
MC499479	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/25/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/22/2005
MC499479	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/23/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/20/2010
MC499479	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/23/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/13/2009
MC499479	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/23/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/15/2008
MC499479	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/23/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/21/2007
MC499479	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	05/20/2005	-	-
MC499479	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/10/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/10/2006
MC499479	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/11/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/07/2024

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98/100

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 98

98

Starts at 100−2 totalFinal 98

No email address on file−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

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-2

No email address on file

No public email address on record.

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.