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450 26TH ST NW, WEST FARGO, ND, 58078

DOT# 892601 MC# 388493 West Fargo, North Dakota 25 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest May 26, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 6

May 26, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Apr 16, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Feb 17, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Feb 5, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Sep 11, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jul 23, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

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

Contact Details

Phone(701) 297-6880

Fax(701) 297-6930

Email[email protected]

Physical Address450 26TH ST NW, WEST FARGO, ND, 58078

Mailing Address450 26TH ST NW, WEST FARGO, ND, 58078

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC388493

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating25 years

Company Overview

THE PALLET COMPANY INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in West Fargo, North Dakota. The company has been in operation for 25 years, registered with the FMCSA on 07/11/2000. The fleet consists of 11 power units and 9 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 512,258 miles (2024). 2 crashes have been reported with no fatalities. A total of 31 inspections are on file. Both driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are below the national average, indicating strong compliance. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, THE PALLET COMPANY INC has a Trust Score of 97/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For HirePrivate (Property)

Mileage

Annual Mileage512,258 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceActual

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Driver OOS5.3% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS8.3% avg 20.7%

Last Review11/21/2024

Insurance

AmountNot reported

Type34

Effective01/11/2012

CompanyMIDWEST FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #ACND0560058199

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet11 units

Drivers9

Mileage512,258 mi

Operating25 years

MCS-15012/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Injury2

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total19

Out of Service1

OOS Rate5.3%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total12

Out of Service1

OOS Rate8.3%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 11/21/2024 | Rated: 11/25/2024

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

13 · 3 OOS ▲

2025

10 · 1 OOS ▼

2026

4 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

1 crash —

2024

0 crashes ▼

2025

2 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 May 2026 — 20 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (10% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (3)

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	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
09/11/2025	Not Reported	ND	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
07/23/2025	FLOWING	MN	1	1	2	Clear	Wet	Daylight
10/30/2023	0002	ND	0	1	2	Freezing Rain	Ice	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

13 roadside violations across 20 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 · 3 OOS

Unsafe Driving 5 violations · 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 (31)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/26/2026 ▼	MN	Walk-Around (Level II)	MOORHEAD MN	2	0	0	0	2	0	-
Violations (2) 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 — CFR 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Non-OOS 393.55E-B — CFR 393.55E-B Non-OOS
04/16/2026	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	WHEATLAND ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
02/17/2026	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	BUXTON ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
02/05/2026	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	FARGO ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
12/17/2025 ▼	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	GLYNDON MN	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLS2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
12/16/2025	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	BERTHOLD ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
10/03/2025	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	MOORETON ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
09/11/2025 ▼	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	REYNOLDS ND	1	1	1	1	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.4A-DOSU — CFR 392.4A-DOSU OOS
08/21/2025 ▼	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	HENNING MN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLS2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
07/23/2025 ▼	MN	Full (Level I)	FELTON MN	3	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (3) 392.2-SLLFY — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 393.207A-SAPPAS — CFR 393.207A-SAPPAS OOS 393.75A3-TALS — CFR 393.75A3-TALS OOS
06/19/2025	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	HARWOOD ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
05/15/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	ABERDEEN SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/04/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	BATTLE LAKE MN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
01/29/2025 ▼	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	BERTHOLD ND	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLS2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
12/06/2024 ▼	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	BUXTON ND	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 393.11A1-LCL — CFR 393.11A1-LCL Non-OOS
11/18/2024 ▼	ND	Terminal (Level V)	WEST FARGO ND	2	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (2) 393.47E — CFR 393.47E Non-OOS 393.53B-B — CFR 393.53B-B Non-OOS
11/18/2024	ND	Terminal (Level V)	WEST FARGO ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
11/18/2024	ND	Terminal (Level V)	WEST FARGO ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
07/10/2024	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	BUXTON ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
06/27/2024 ▼	MN	Full (Level I)	ERSKINE MN	1	1	0	0	0	1	-
Violations (1) 393.75(a)(3) — CFR 393.75(a)(3) OOS
06/18/2024 ▼	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MOORHEAD MN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
06/10/2024	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	BUXTON ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/30/2024 ▼	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	BUXTON PULLOUT	3	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (3) 393.55(c)(2) — CFR 393.55(c)(2) Non-OOS 393.45(b)(2) — CFR 393.45(b)(2) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS
03/14/2024	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	WEST FARGO ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
03/11/2024	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	MENOKEN ND	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
02/21/2024 ▼	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	BISMARCK ND	5	1	0	0	0	1	-
Violations (5) 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 — CFR 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Non-OOS 393.9A-LBL — CFR 393.9A-LBL Non-OOS 393.75A3-TAOL — CFR 393.75A3-TAOL OOS 393.11A1-CSLRR — CFR 393.11A1-CSLRR Non-OOS 393.9A-LIL — CFR 393.9A-LIL Non-OOS
01/22/2024 ▼	MN	Walk-Around (Level II)	WALKER	7	2	1	0	6	2	-
Violations (7) 392.16(a) — CFR 392.16(a) Non-OOS 393.45(d) — CFR 393.45(d) Non-OOS 393.13(d)(3) — CFR 393.13(d)(3) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 392.9(a) — CFR 392.9(a) OOS 396.3(a)(1) — CFR 396.3(a)(1) OOS 393.55(e) — CFR 393.55(e) Non-OOS
09/19/2023 ▼	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	BUXTON PULLOUT	2	0	0	0	2	0	-
Violations (2) 393.95(a) — CFR 393.95(a) Non-OOS 393.55(c)(1) — CFR 393.55(c)(1) Non-OOS
08/15/2023	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	CROOKSTON	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
06/28/2023 ▼	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	BUXTON PULLOUT	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 391.15(a) — CFR 391.15(a) Non-OOS
06/14/2023 ▼	ND	Full (Level I)	JAMESTOWN REST AREA	2	0	0	0	2	0	-
Violations (2) 393.45(b)(2) — CFR 393.45(b)(2) Non-OOS 393.47(a) — CFR 393.47(a) Non-OOS

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	MIDWEST FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CAND0560058203	$1,000,000	11/27/2011	11/27/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	MIDWEST FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CAND0560058203	$1,000,000	11/27/2011	01/11/2012	Replaced
34	CARGO	MIDWEST FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	ACND0560058199	$0	11/08/2011	01/01/2011	Replaced
91	BIPD	MERIDIAN MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	BAP 442 09 76	$0	01/12/2000	11/27/2011	Cancelled
34	CARGO	MIDWEST FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	ACND0560058199	$0	01/01/2011	01/11/2012	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC388493	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/31/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/09/2011
MC388493	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	08/23/2000	-	-

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97/100

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 97

Starts at 100−3 totalFinal 97

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−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

Active for-hire authority on file — FMCSA requires insurance to keep it active.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-3

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 2 crash(es) across 11 vehicles (~0.18 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands — risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−3 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 2 crash(es) across 11 vehicles (~0.18 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

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) knockout	−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.

THE PALLET COMPANY INC

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Crash Records (3)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (31)

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