TRUE STEEL LLC

DOT# 1579908 MC# 917244 DUNS# 10726700 Ada, OK Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(580) 310-0595 lnickell@truesteel.net 19380 Cr 1590, Ada OK 74820
55 tractors · all owned 50 drivers
Satisfactory
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Low confidence
20 yrs history · 17 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
55
Drivers · CDL
50 · 30
Annual miles
310k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 20 0 0 20
Trailers 75 20 0 95

Registration

Registered
11-26-2006 (20 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
11-10-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
TRUE STEEL LLC
Officer
GREGORY GENE PERRY

Cargo

63.6
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects General Freight Building Materials Other: STEEL, SHEET METAL Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, 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 (0.73× 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 55 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 10 units seen in 24 months, 0.15 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).

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 50–99 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
0.7 vs 0.9 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.7
Similar fleets
0.9
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.9 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.70× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.74× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -8%.

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.

  • Lights and cargo securement
    Lights are 6 of 18 violations (33%). Light or cargo securement defects led to 2 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 10 of the 55 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (17 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 55 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 (the MCS-150 was last updated Nov 2025).
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
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, Sep 2024 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
17
29% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
20.0%
3 of 15
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 17
National avg 6.7%
Violations
18
3 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 50–99 trucks in Oklahoma (about 48 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 6 inspections, 3 out of service 6 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 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 1 inspection.
vs 4,136 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.009 0.026
Inspections 0.18 0.97
Violations 0.16 0.57
Critical violations 0.01 0.12

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 50–99 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

18 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    16 · 3 OOS
    Lights 6 · Cargo securement 3 · Brakes 1 · Tires 1 · Wheels & hubs 1 · 4 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    No log 1
  • 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
  • Nov
    1
    2025
    Oklahoma
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$750,000 · Great Midwest Insurance Company
on record since Jul 1, 2023 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since May 2015
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 7, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jul 15, 2022)

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
  • Oklahoma (HQ) 6
  • Nebraska 2