BRENDELS SEPTIC TANK SERVICE LLC
FMCSA Live Status
Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 29
- Drivers · CDL
- 14 · 3
- Annual miles
- 210k unreliable
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Tractors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trailers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Registration
- Registered
- 03-08-2006 (20 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 05-04-2026
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 07, 2026
- Officer
- SUSAN ARMSTRONG
- Officer
- LOWELL BOLDT
Cargo
- High-Risk Cargo
- Machinery Large
Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.
The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 29 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 3 units seen in 24 months, 0.02 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.
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).
Runs within Michigan only. Intrastate fleets in Michigan are inspected about 1 a year for every 16 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 a 90% 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.
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.
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Injury crashes1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
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Filed fleet not seen on the roadOnly 3 of the 29 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (1 inspection in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 29 are running. Intrastate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Michigan are rarely inspected (about 1 a year for every 12 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 May 2026).
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Unreliable reported mileageThe motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
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Estimated mileageNo usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.
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Limited inspection historyFewer 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
Inspected less often than intrastate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Michigan (about 5 in 24 months would be typical; 40% of them had none).
| This motor carrier | Peers | |
|---|---|---|
| Crashes | 0.052 | 0.012 |
| Inspections | 0.09 | 0.32 |
| Violations | 0.03 | 0.29 |
| Critical violations | 0.00 | 0.04 |
Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: intrastate fleets, 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.
What they get cited for
2 violations · 24 months-
Unsafe driving No alert1 · 0 OOSSpeeding 1
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Driver fitness No alert1 · 0 OOSMedical certificate 1
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Hours of service No alert0
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Vehicle maintenance No alert0
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Drugs & alcohol No alert0
Violations by quarter
Tap a category to show or hide itCrashes
24 months-
Aug42026MichiganProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Aug52025MichiganProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Jun62025MichiganInjury · 1 person hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
1 of the 3 crashes hurt someone but killed no one.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
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
- Michigan (HQ) 1
How this grade is calculated
The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.
Forward 12-Month Risk Outlook
The FRED Score predicts this motor carrier's crash risk over the next 12 months — how often they're likely to crash and how severe those crashes tend to be — versus a typical fleet of its size (29 power units: 29 filed, 3 seen roadside in 24 months).
We'd expect a typical fleet of 29 power units this active to have about 0.3 crashes a year — but only 3 of the 29 filed units were seen roadside in 24 months (0.02 inspections per filed unit-year), so this expectation assumes the filed fleet is real. This motor carrier recorded 4 in its scoring window (Sep 1, 2023 → Aug 31, 2026, about 1.3 a year) — about 4.1× a typical fleet. Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 0.8 over the next 12 — about 2.4× the typical fleet. When this motor carrier does crash, those crashes tend to be substantially more severe than average — roughly 3.3× the injury/fatal weight of a typical crash.
FRED multiplies three factors: the class rate a fleet of this size, class and activity is expected to run, a violation relativity from its roadside record, and its own crash experience over 36 months weighted by how much exposure stands behind it. The grade is the band of the resulting relativity to class, then the screens.
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA BASIC Scores
C Property| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
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| Unsafe Driving | 1 | 0.61 | |
| HOS Compliance | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Driver Fitness | 1 | 1.00 | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 0 | 0.00 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (08-SEP-26 – 08-SEP-26) and may cover a different time window than the scoring window used for the FRED grade (Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026). Counts here may differ from the grade's in-window counts.