BULK MATERIALS INC

DBA: HIGH DESERT MULCHING

DOT# 1161518 MC# 766378 Bend, OR Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire / Private Property
(541) 330-5558 accounting@highdesertmulching.com 303 Se 2nd St, Bend OR 97702
17 power units · all owned 13 drivers
HazMat
Satisfactory Provisional: the filed fleet isn't backed up by the roadside record (only 3 of the 17 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 75.0 / 100
Prior-only confidence
23 yrs history · 3 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
17
Drivers · CDL
13 · 13
Annual miles
211k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 12 0 0 12
Tractors 5 0 0 5
Trailers 7 0 0 7

Registration

FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (03-27-2025)
Registered
08-19-2003 (23 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
07-16-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
NATHAN BECKER

Cargo

24.1
minimal risk
Building Materials Other: BARK, WOOD CHIPS, COMPOST Dry Bulk Construction

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

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.73× similar fleets) would put it in Strong; this rule holds it at Satisfactory:

  • Held one band lower (interim): the filed fleet isn't corroborated roadside — see Exposure Unverified below

The downside is never capped.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 17 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 3 units seen in 24 months, 0.09 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).

Too little record to tell how this motor carrier's crash rate compares with similar fleets.

Similar fleets: for-hire 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.

This motor carrier 0.73×
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
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.2 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Out-of-service orders 0.51×, violations 0.61× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.77× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -12%: 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 3 of the 17 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (3 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 17 are running. Its grade is held one band lower until the fleet is confirmed.
    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.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.
  • 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, Apr 2025 – Dec 2025 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
3
100% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 2
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 3
National avg 6.7%
Violations
0
0 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
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 1,147 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.023
Inspections 0.24 0.66
Violations 0.00 0.54
Critical violations 0.00 0.08

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

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

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 · ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY
on record since Jan 14, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000
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
  • 4 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 3 changes: HDI GLOBAL INSURANCE COMPANY → ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY (Jan 2026); STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC. → HDI GLOBAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Sep 2025); OHIO SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY → STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC. (Dec 2023)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer; 1 took effect (the last Nov 2, 2025, replaced 73 days later)
  • 8 days without a liability filing (Nov 2, 2025 – Nov 10, 2025) while the authority required one; a later back-dated filing can close a lapse

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jan 22, 2026)

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
  • Oregon (HQ) 3