JAMES ERNEST ESLICK

DBA: ESLICK TRUCKING COMPANY

DOT# 1047273 MC# 868238 Portales, NM Authorized For-Hire
(575) 714-0579 ceslick@yucca.net 778 Nm 88, Portales NM 88130
5 tractors · all owned 5 drivers 248k mi/yr · ~50k per unit
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
24 yrs history · 9 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
5
Drivers · CDL
5 · 5
Annual miles
248k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 5 0 0 5
Trailers 5 0 0 5

Registration

Registered
08-12-2002 (24 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-15-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
JAMES ESLICK

Cargo

54.4
medium risk
General Freight Grain/Feed/Hay Dry Bulk
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight

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.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu2_5) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Not enough record to grade yet.

9 inspections and 1 crash 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 60% chance), but not by enough to grade.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

80% likely range 0.30×–1.67×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
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 (5 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Higher so far, not yet proven. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.2 a year. Too few crashes to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 10% above typical.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Out-of-service orders 0.29×, unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.53× and violations 0.74× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -18%.

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.

  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 4 of 11 violations (36%).
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.

Track record

FMCSA record, May 2025 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
9
56% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 9
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 9
National avg 6.7%
Violations
11
0 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in New Mexico (about 5 in 24 months would be typical; 39% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '26
vs 57,512 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.100 0.043
Inspections 1.00 1.58
Violations 1.10 1.56
Critical violations 0.00 0.29

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

11 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    11 · 0 OOS
    Lights 4 · Brakes 2 · Wheels & hubs 1 · Other parts 4
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • 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
  • Feb
    15
    2025
    Texas
    Property damage only
    Wet road, daylight, two-way trafficway not divided.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

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)
$750,000 · NATIONWIDE AGRIBUSINESS INSURANCE CO.
on record since Feb 5, 2023 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jun 2014
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Mar 30, 2020)

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
  • Texas 9