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Company CheckGARUS BULK SERVICE · DOT 2061333

7264 W 21ST AVE, GARY, IN, 46406

DOT# 2061333 MC# 721182 Gary, Indiana 15 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Contact Details

Phone(219) 803-7745

Fax(219) 803-7827

Email[email protected]

Physical Address7264 W 21ST AVE, GARY, IN, 46406

Mailing Address7264 W 21ST AVE, GARY, IN, 46406

Other Companies at This Address

Address7264 W 21ST AVE, GARY, IN 46406

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
GARUS BULK SERVICE this company	2061333	(219) 803-7745	Active
RILEY TRANSPORTATION LLC	2888264	(219) 290-7186	Inactive

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC721182

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating15 years

Company Overview

GARUS BULK SERVICE is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Gary, Indiana. The company has been in operation for 15 years, registered with the FMCSA on 08/01/2010. The fleet consists of 20 power units and 19 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 1,095,554 miles (2024). With zero crashes across 32 inspections, GARUS BULK SERVICE maintains an excellent safety record. Both driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are below the national average, indicating strong compliance. Insurance coverage of $1,000,000 is on file through SECURA INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, GARUS BULK SERVICE has a Trust Score of 100/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

Mileage

Annual Mileage1,095,554 miles

Mileage Year2024

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.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS18.2% avg 20.7%

Last Review09/01/2022

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/16/2026

CompanySECURA INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #A3455803

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet20 units

Drivers19

Mileage1,095,554 mi

Operating15 years

MCS-15007/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total21

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total11

Out of Service2

OOS Rate18.2%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 09/01/2022

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

6 · 2 OOS —

2024

6 · 0 OOS ▼

2025

13 · 2 OOS ▲

2026

5 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

2 crashes —

2024

0 crashes ▼

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

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (2)

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
11/14/2023	GARY	IN	0	1	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight
08/24/2023	LAKE STATION	IN	0	0	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

25 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

Unsafe Driving 14 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 11 violations · 2 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 (30)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/01/2026	IN	Full (Level I)	LOWELL IN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
03/25/2026	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHESTERTON IN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
03/24/2026	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHESTERTON IN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
03/17/2026	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHESTERTON IN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
02/23/2026 ▼	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	ETNA GREEN IN	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLS2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
12/22/2025 ▼	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	E/B NEW BUFFALO SCALE	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLEWA2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
12/12/2025 ▼	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	PORTAGE IN	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLS4 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
11/26/2025 ▼	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	NEW BUFFALO SCALE E/B	4	0	1	0	3	0	-
Violations (4) 392.2-SLLEWA3 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 393.9A-LRLI — CFR 393.9A-LRLI Non-OOS 393.9A-LBL — CFR 393.9A-LBL Non-OOS 393.9A-LSLI — CFR 393.9A-LSLI Non-OOS
11/26/2025 ▼	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	NEW BUFFALO SCALE E/B	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLEWA2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
09/16/2025 ▼	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MICHIGAN CITY IN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLTCD — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
08/25/2025 ▼	IN	Full (Level I)	LOWELL IN	5	1	0	0	0	1	-
Violations (5) 393.45B2-BHTD — CFR 393.45B2-BHTD OOS 393.55E-B — CFR 393.55E-B Non-OOS 393.45D-B — CFR 393.45D-B Non-OOS 393.45D-B — CFR 393.45D-B Non-OOS 393.55D1-B — CFR 393.55D1-B Non-OOS
05/29/2025 ▼	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHESTERTON IN	1	1	0	0	0	1	-
Violations (1) 396.3A1-TAOCV — CFR 396.3A1-TAOCV OOS
03/14/2025 ▼	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	LA PORTE IN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.16-D — Texting while driving Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
03/11/2025 ▼	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	LA PORTE IN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLLR — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
01/29/2025	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-95	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
01/28/2025 ▼	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-57 N/B MP 292	3	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (3) 393.9 — CFR 393.9 Non-OOS 393.9 — CFR 393.9 Non-OOS 392.9A2 — CFR 392.9A2 Non-OOS
01/28/2025	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
01/06/2025 ▼	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	PORTAGE IN	2	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (2) 392.2-SLLS4 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2-SLLFY — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
08/22/2024 ▼	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	LA PORTE IN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
08/16/2024 ▼	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROLLING PRAIRIE IN	2	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (2) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
06/19/2024 ▼	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	PORTER IN	4	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (4) 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.95(a)(4) — CFR 393.95(a)(4) Non-OOS
03/21/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	VALPARAISO IN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
03/20/2024 ▼	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WESTVILLE IN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
01/24/2024 ▼	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALPARAISO IN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLLR — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
11/14/2023 ▼	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	GARY IN	3	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (3) 396.3A1-F — CFR 396.3A1-F OOS 392.2WG — CFR 392.2WG Non-OOS 396.5B-L — CFR 396.5B-L Non-OOS
08/10/2023 ▼	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	SR 49 NB AT US 6	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
08/01/2023 ▼	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	SR 49 NB AT CR 600 N	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.16(a) — CFR 392.16(a) Non-OOS
07/27/2023 ▼	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	I 80/90 EB 30.6 MM, VALPARAISO	8	2	1	0	7	2	-
Violations (8) 393.100(b) — CFR 393.100(b) OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS 393.100(b) — CFR 393.100(b) OOS 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
07/20/2023 ▼	IN	Full (Level I)	#13 I-65 SB LAKE	4	2	1	0	3	2	-
Violations (4) 393.207(f) — CFR 393.207(f) OOS 393.45(d) — CFR 393.45(d) OOS 393.95(a) — CFR 393.95(a) Non-OOS 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
06/19/2023 ▼	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	SR49 AT TOLL ROAD	2	0	1	0	1	0	-
Violations (2) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 393.55(e) — CFR 393.55(e) Non-OOS

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CA-Z28391	$750,000	09/11/2015	09/11/2024	Replaced
34	CARGO	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 4667845	$0	08/03/2010	06/07/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 4667845	$1,000,000	08/03/2010	04/23/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	2998408	$750,000	04/30/2015	09/11/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	XA 2998408	$750,000	04/23/2012	04/20/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	XA 2998408	$750,000	04/23/2012	06/03/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	2998408	$750,000	04/20/2015	04/30/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	2998408	$750,000	04/20/2015	06/03/2015	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC721182	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/20/2010	-	-
MC721182	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/17/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/03/2015

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100/100

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

100 — no deductions

Clean record — the bar stays full at 100.

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

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 6/16/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

Clean record — no deductions. This carrier starts and stays at 100.

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.

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Inspection Records (30)

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