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DOT #1038245 · SUDDATH RELOCATION SYSTEMS OF TEXAS INC
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SUDDATH RELOCATION SYSTEMS OF TEXAS INC

DBA: SUDDATH MOVING & STORAGE

DOT# 1038245 MC# 432878 Coppell, TX Authorized For-Hire
(904) 390-7100 legal@suddath.com 450 Airline Drive, Coppell TX 75019
65 power units 60 drivers
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Marginal Provisional: the filed fleet isn't backed up by the roadside record (only 3 of the 65 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months), so the grade can't lean on this motor carrier's own history until the fleet size is confirmed.
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Prior-only confidence
24 yrs history · 1 roadside inspection

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
65
Drivers · CDL
60 · 45
Annual miles
200 unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 4 22 0 26
Tractors 5 34 0 39
Trailers 57 2 0 59

Registration

FMCSA Rating
Conditional (01-25-2010)historical — superseded by active authority (reviewed 16 yr ago)
Registered
07-01-2002 (24 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
06-11-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
MICHAEL BRANNIGAN
Officer
WALTER MYERS

Cargo

74.3
high risk
Household Goods Motor Vehicles General Freight
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, General Freight, Household Goods

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

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

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 65 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 3 units seen in 24 months, 0.01 inspections per filed unit-year. The grade's relativity to class is unchanged; its confidence tier is cut to reflect the unverified exposure, and until the fleet is confirmed an Excellent grade shows as Strong and a Strong as Satisfactory. Verify the fleet size before relying on the crash expectation.

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).

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 50–99 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 1.80×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.80× similar fleets) is in the Poor range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Poor line (1.57×), so the grade stays Marginal.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.5 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
0.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
About 1.8× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
About typical. Out-of-service orders, violations and unsafe-driving or hours-of-service violations are all close to the rate expected for its inspections.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 3 of the 65 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (1 inspection in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 65 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule.
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.
  • Unusual inspection rate
    Inspections per truck fall outside the normal range (1st–99th percentile), which can point to a mis-reported fleet size or data issues.
  • Historical FMCSA safety rating
    FMCSA once rated this motor carrier Conditional or Unsatisfactory, but the rating is stale or superseded — the motor carrier still holds active operating authority (a current Unsatisfactory would have it revoked), so it does not reflect current standing. Shown for context, not as a current finding.
  • Limited inspection history
    Fewer than 5 roadside inspections on record, so there isn't enough data to score this motor carrier with high confidence — the score leans more on peers.

Track record

FMCSA record, Jan 2026 – Jan 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
1
100% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
—
no inspections
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 1
National avg 6.7%
Violations
0
0 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26
vs 258 peer fleets
Inspections per power unit look like an outlier vs peers; read these rates with care.
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.015 0.026
Inspections 0.01 0.80
Violations 0.00 0.48
Critical violations 0.00 0.10

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 50–99 power units, high-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

0 violations · 24 months

No violations on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Nov
    7
    2025
    Texas
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
  • Oct
    14
    2025
    Texas
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$1,000,000 · VANLINER INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Jun 17, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jul 2002
Cargo filing
required · on file · MARKEL INSURANCE COMPANY since Dec 1, 2025
Broker or forwarder bond
$75,000 surety bond (BMC-84) · TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY CO. OF AMERICA since Jun 24, 2024
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 5

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Aug 9, 2024)

Who insures fleets like this →

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
  • New Mexico 1
Data sourced from FMCSA. The FRED Score is an analytical opinion and is not an FMCSA safety rating. Unless a motor carrier has received an Unsatisfactory safety rating under 49 CFR Part 385 or has otherwise been ordered to discontinue operations by FMCSA, it is authorized to operate. This information is provided for informational purposes only and should not be the sole basis for any decision. Report generated · fred-score.com/carrier/1038245