TRI COUNTY FERTILIZER CO INC

DBA: TRI COUNTY FERTILIZER & PROPANE

DOT# 1014354 DUNS# 92563840 Richmond, KY Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire
(859) 623-1414 hshort@tricountyfertilizer.com 124 S Estill Ave, Richmond KY 40475-2014
13 power units · all owned 4 drivers
HazMat Intrastate Only
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
24 yrs history · 6 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
13
Drivers · CDL
4 · 4
Annual miles
17k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 10 0 0 10
Tractors 1 0 0 1
Trailers 1 0 0 1

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
03-26-2002 (24 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
10-23-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
KEVIN FIELDS
Officer
JAMES FIELDS

Cargo

21.3
minimal risk
Liquids/Gases Other: FERTILIZER Grain/Feed/Hay Dry Bulk

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Intrastate operation

Runs within Kentucky only. Intrastate fleets in Kentucky are inspected about 1 a year for every 11 trucks; interstate fleets, about 1 a year for every 2 trucks. So this record rests mainly on crash reports, which states file for intrastate trucks too, and few inspections are ordinary here.

Not enough record to grade yet.

6 inspections and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one. It leans better than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but not by enough to grade.

Similar fleets: intrastate fleets of 10–19 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.4× as often as the median active fleet of 10–19 trucks.

80% likely range 0.13×–1.68×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.1 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.1
Similar fleets
0.2

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-8 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

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Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (13 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.2 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.67× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -6%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
Data flags
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Apr 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
6
67% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
25.0%
1 of 4
Intrastate avg 30.6%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 6
Intrastate avg 8.5%
Violations
4
1 out-of-service

Inspected more often than intrastate fleets of 10–19 trucks in Kentucky (about 4 in 24 months would be typical; 55% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26
vs 619 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.017
Inspections 0.38 0.58
Violations 0.15 0.51
Critical violations 0.04 0.07

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: intrastate fleets, 10–19 power units, minimal-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

4 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    3 · 1 OOS
    Lights 2 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Kentucky (HQ) 6