DALE ADAMS

DOT# 2012775 MC# 709216 Cottontown, TN Authorized For-Hire
(615) 323-0764 masterwrench56@aol.com 141 Claude Hardin Rd, Cottontown TN 37048
2 tractors · all owned 2 drivers 119k mi/yr · ~60k per unit
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
16 yrs history · 4 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
2
Drivers · CDL
2 · 2
Annual miles
119k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 2 0 0 2
Trailers 2 0 0 2

Registration

FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (11-13-2013) · 12 yr old
Registered
03-28-2010 (16 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
07-09-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
DALE ADAMS
Officer
TRENT STANHISER

Cargo

68.6
medium risk
Household Goods Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Mobile Homes Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Paper Products Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, Mobile Homes, Machinery Large, General Freight, Household Goods

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.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu2_5) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Not enough record to grade yet.

4 inspections and 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

80% likely range 0.42×–2.42×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.1

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-3 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

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Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (2 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Higher so far, not yet proven. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.1 a year. Too few crashes to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 7% above typical.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Violations 4.52×, out-of-service orders 1.81× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.39× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +22%.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 10 of 21 violations (48%). Light or brake defects led to 3 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
Data flags
  • 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, Feb 2025 – Jun 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
4
50% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
100.0%
2 of 2
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
25.0%
1 of 4
National avg 6.7%
Violations
21
6 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in Tennessee (about 2 in 24 months would be typical; 35% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26
vs 57,530 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.250 0.043
Inspections 1.25 1.57
Violations 5.25 1.56
Critical violations 1.00 0.29

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

21 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    18 · 5 OOS
    Lights 10 · Brakes 2 · Steering & suspension 2 · Tires 2 · Other parts 2
  • Hours of service No alert
    3 · 1 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 2 · No log 1
  • Unsafe driving 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
  • Dec
    10
    2024
    Indiana
    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 May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$1,000,000 · NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since May 5, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Mar 2010
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
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: PROGRESSIVE HAWAII INSURANCE CORP → NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY (May 2024)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Apr 30, 2014)

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
  • Illinois 2
  • Kentucky 1
  • Missouri 1