GARDNER DISPOSAL SERVICE INC

DBA: GARDNER DISPOSAL SERVICE

DOT# 1139747 Gardner, KS Authorized For-Hire
(913) 856-3851 gds@gardnerdisposalservice.com 115 West Warren Street, Gardner KS 66030
25 power units · all owned 15 drivers
Intrastate Only
Poor
FRED Score 10.0 / 100
Low confidence
23 yrs history · 5 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
25
Drivers · CDL
15 · 15
Annual miles
480k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 24 0 0 24
Tractors 1 0 0 1
Trailers 6 0 0 6

Registration

Registered
06-13-2003 (23 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
06-18-2024
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
MICHAEL LEONARD
Officer
PATRICK HENRY

Cargo

Garbage/Refuse
Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 25 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 6 units seen in 24 months, 0.10 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).

Intrastate operation

Runs within Kansas only. Intrastate fleets in Kansas are inspected about 1 a year for every 14 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.

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: intrastate fleets of 20–49 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 2.23×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Critical. Its estimate (2.23× similar fleets) is in the Critical range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Critical line (2.11×), so the grade stays Poor.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.6 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.6
Similar fleets
0.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
About 2.2× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.3 a year. The grade counts 3 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.48× the rate expected for its inspections, but out-of-service orders 0.66×. Together they barely move its crash estimate: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

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.

  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 6 of the 25 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (5 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 25 are running. Intrastate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Kansas are rarely inspected (about 1 a year for every 21 trucks), so the roadside record can't confirm the fleet either way.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule (the MCS-150 was last updated Jun 2024).
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, Feb 2025 – Dec 2025 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
5
20% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 1
Intrastate avg 30.6%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 5
Intrastate avg 8.5%
Violations
5
0 out-of-service

Inspected more often than intrastate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Kansas (about 2 in 24 months would be typical; 43% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25
vs 282 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.040 0.018
Inspections 0.16 0.45
Violations 0.10 0.32
Critical violations 0.04 0.06

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: intrastate fleets, 20–49 power units, minimal-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

5 violations · 24 months
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 2 · Speeding 1
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Brakes 1 · Lights 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
  • Kansas (HQ) 5