ASK TRANSPORTATION INC

DOT# 1369856 MC# 523801 Williston, ND Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire
(701) 774-3389 courtney@ask-transportation.com 14667 Hwy 2, Williston ND 58801
32 power units · all owned 25 drivers 1M mi/yr · ~32k per unit
HazMat
Satisfactory
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Moderate confidence
21 yrs history · 38 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
32
Drivers · CDL
25 · 25
Annual miles
1M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 9 0 0 9
Tractors 23 0 0 23
Trailers 80 0 0 80

Registration

Registered
05-06-2005 (21 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
06-26-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
STUART KRINGEN

Cargo

67.5
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Liquids/Gases Oilfield Equipment General Freight Dry Bulk Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Machinery Large, Oilfield Equipment, 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.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.74× similar fleets) would put it in Strong; this rule holds it at Satisfactory:

  • Strong withheld: the posterior is not confident enough that risk sits below 0.76× class

The downside is never capped.

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

Similar fleets: interstate 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 0.74×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.6 vs 0.8 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.6
Similar fleets
0.8
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Lower so far, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.8 a year. Too short a record to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 10% below typical. The grade counts 3 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.41×, out-of-service orders 0.52× and violations 0.56× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -18%.

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.

  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 10 of 24 violations (42%). Brake or light defects led to 2 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Hazmat violations
    3 hazmat violations, 1 out of service.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 9.5% vs 22.3% national; driver 0.0% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
38
68% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
9.5%
2 of 21
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 38
National avg 6.7%
Violations
24
4 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in North Dakota (about 21 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 7 inspections, 1 out of service 7 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 5 inspections, 1 out of service 5 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 6 inspections, 0 out of service 6 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 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
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 4 inspections.
vs 10,544 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.029
Inspections 1.08 1.11
Violations 0.38 0.77
Critical violations 0.02 0.15

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

What they get cited for

24 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    19 · 3 OOS
    Brakes 10 · Lights 6 · Cargo securement 1 · Tires 1 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 1 · Speeding 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
  • Hazmat
    3 · 1 OOS
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

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · New York Marine and General Insurance Company
on record since Apr 1, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since May 2005
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • 3 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 3 took effect (the last Apr 1, 2026, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 3

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jun 9, 2005)

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
  • North Dakota (HQ) 36
  • Montana 1
  • Nebraska 1

Mostly inspected in its home state (95%).