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Company CheckMONTANA CARRIERS INC · DOT 855057

5302 TRABUCO CANYON DRIVE, BAKERSFIELD, CA, 93307

DOT# 855057 MC# 377668 Bakersfield, California 26 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Sep 18, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

May 29, 2026
Roadside inspection, 4 violations (no OOS).
May 1, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Apr 20, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Apr 10, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address5302 TRABUCO CANYON DRIVE, BAKERSFIELD, CA, 93307

Mailing Address5302 TRABUCO CANYON DRIVE, BAKERSFIELD, CA, 93307

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC377668

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating26 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 6.4 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 2.82 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure .13 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 11.27 · 6 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage658,250 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS15.4% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS14.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review03/24/2023

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/19/2026

CompanyUNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY

Policy #CA2453206

Last checked09/18/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet5 units

Drivers5

Mileage658,250 mi

Operating26 years

MCS-15001/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total13

Out of Service2

OOS Rate15.4%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total7

Out of Service1

OOS Rate14.3%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 03/24/2023

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

4 · 0 OOS -

2024

10 · 0 OOS =

2025

4 · 2 OOS ▲

2026

5 · 1 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, 13 inspections, 3 resulted in out-of-service (23.1% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

40 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 22 violations · 2 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 11 violations · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 6 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 1 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 (23)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/29/2026	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	LAMAR CO	4	0	4	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/01/2026	KS	Driver-Only (Level III)	LIBERAL KS	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/20/2026	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	OLATHE KS	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
04/10/2026	MS	Driver-Only (Level III)	BOVINA SCALE I-20 EAST	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/11/2026	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	TUCSON AZ	7	2	2	0	5	2	-	▲Detail
07/28/2025	AR	Walk-Around (Level II)	VAN BUREN AR	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/05/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	GRAPEVINE IF	5	1	1	1	4	0	-	▲Detail
04/22/2025	NV	Driver-Only (Level III)	SLOAN CHECK SITE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/17/2025	UT	Driver-Only (Level III)	LEEDS UT	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/10/2024	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	HARVEY COUNTY	4	0	0	0	4	0	-	▲Detail
10/14/2024	SC	Driver-Only (Level III)	LEXINGTON SC	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/11/2024	IA	Full (Level I)	16 - I380 SB MM 53 BRANDON	13	0	4	0	9	0	-	▲Detail
09/26/2024	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROADSIDE	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/09/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	01 - I80 WB MM 151 MITCHELLVIL	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/16/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	BAKERSFIELD	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/15/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	MT. PASS IF	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/04/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	SHAFTER AIRPORT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/02/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	BAKERSFIELD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/21/2024	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	LAMAR CO	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/24/2023	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	STATE ROUTE 202	3	0	2	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/15/2023	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	CRITTENDEN CO (BRIDGEPORT STN)	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/19/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	SHAFTER AIRPORT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/21/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	SHAFTER AIRPORT	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections13

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

HOS Compliance 5 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 6 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP43702A	$1,000,000	12/21/2006	12/21/2006	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP43702A	$1,000,000	12/21/2006	02/20/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP43702A	$1,000,000	12/21/2006	01/25/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GULF INSURANCE CO.	GA 0609782-00	$1,000,000	12/07/2000	12/07/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	73TRS097222	$750,000	12/04/2019	01/10/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	AT1-391-425687-023	$750,000	11/27/2003	01/28/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG	CTM3911693	$750,000	09/28/2012	01/12/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA2345490	$750,000	07/07/2020	07/07/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA2453206	$750,000	07/07/2020	08/21/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA2453206	$750,000	07/07/2020	09/08/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TOPA INSURANCE COMPANY	TLH003313-00	$1,000,000	06/22/2011	12/28/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP30904A	$1,000,000	06/17/2005	10/02/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	SFT5461810	$1,000,000	06/17/2004	06/17/2005	Cancelled
34	CARGO	FEDERAL INSURANCE CO.	455275	$0	06/17/2004	07/24/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG	CTM397520	$750,000	05/27/2017	01/12/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	AT1-391-425687-023	$750,000	05/20/2003	11/27/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TOPA INSURANCE COMPANY	TLH003313-00	$1,000,000	05/04/2011	06/22/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP78195A	$1,000,000	04/27/2010	04/27/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG	CTM397520	$750,000	04/26/2017	05/27/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP61782A	$1,000,000	03/29/2009	02/12/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG	CALQ10519	$750,000	03/26/2020	07/07/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CHATHAM REINSURANCE CORPORATION	CA32369	$1,000,000	03/24/2000	12/07/2000	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	73TRS097222	$750,000	03/11/2019	12/04/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	73TRS097222	$750,000	03/11/2019	12/10/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG	CTM395126	$750,000	03/10/2014	01/12/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG	CTM395126	$750,000	03/10/2014	01/13/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	AS1391425687012	$750,000	02/13/2002	02/13/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP52351A	$1,000,000	01/25/2008	11/05/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	73TRS097222	$750,000	01/12/2019	03/11/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	73TRS097222	$750,000	01/12/2019	04/11/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG	CTM398825	$750,000	01/12/2018	01/12/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG	CTM397520	$750,000	01/12/2017	04/26/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG	CTM397154	$750,000	01/12/2016	01/12/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG	CTM396518	$750,000	01/12/2015	01/12/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG	CTM395126	$750,000	01/12/2014	03/10/2014	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG	CTM393963	$750,000	01/12/2013	01/08/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG	CTM3911693	$750,000	01/12/2012	09/28/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG	CALQ10519	$750,000	01/10/2020	03/26/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 8371346	$750,000	01/10/2012	01/12/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG	CTM393963	$750,000	01/08/2014	01/12/2014	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC377668	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/18/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/16/2018
MC377668	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/17/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/15/2019
MC377668	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/17/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/12/2015
MC377668	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/17/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/10/2013
MC377668	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/16/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/16/2020
MC377668	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/16/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/12/2017
MC377668	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/16/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/13/2016
MC377668	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/13/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/05/2019
MC377668	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/04/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/01/2012
MC377668	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/12/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/24/2020
MC377668	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	07/07/2004	REVOKED	10/10/2006
MC377668	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	06/28/2011	REVOKED	01/03/2012
MC377668	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	06/10/2003	REVOKED	03/11/2004
MC377668	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/23/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/20/2005
MC377668	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	05/03/2010	REVOKED	05/03/2011
MC377668	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/01/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/04/2017
MC377668	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	04/14/2020	-	-
MC377668	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	04/10/2000	REVOKED	02/28/2002
MC377668	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	04/03/2009	REVOKED	02/22/2010
MC377668	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/30/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/31/2017
MC377668	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	03/20/2002	REVOKED	05/02/2003
MC377668	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	03/01/2007	REVOKED	11/12/2008
MC377668	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/05/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/07/2014
MC377668	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/24/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/28/2008
MC377668	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	01/12/2012	REVOKED	04/01/2020
MC377668	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/08/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/13/2014

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

Driver 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

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 15.3846% vs national avg 5.51%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 15.3846% vs national avg 5.51%.

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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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

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Inspection Records (23)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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