RIVER COUNTRY COOPERATIVE

DOT# 227264 MC# 1003171 DUNS# 23076045 Inver Grove Heights, MN Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire / Private Property
(651) 451-1151 erichanson@rivercountrycoop.net 9072 Cahill Ave, Inver Grove Heights MN 55076
96 power units · all owned 60 drivers
HazMat
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
43 yrs history · 11 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
96
Drivers · CDL
60 · 44
Annual miles
1.5M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 48 0 0 48
Tractors 10 0 0 10
Trailers 19 0 0 19

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (12-09-2022) · 3 yr old
Registered
01-17-1983 (43 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
10-02-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
JOHN DUCHSCHERER
Officer
ERIC HANSON

Cargo

22.1
minimal risk
Liquids/Gases Other: BULK FERTILIZER Grain/Feed/Hay Farm Supplies Chemicals

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

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes on this page assume the filed fleet of 96 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 9 units seen in 24 months, 0.06 inspections per filed unit-year. 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).

Not enough record to grade yet.

11 inspections and 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

Similar fleets: for-hire 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.

80% likely range 0.46×–2.19×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.9 vs 0.8 for similar fleets
Likely 0–3 crashes
This motor carrier
0.9
Similar fleets
0.8

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-4 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

Ask
Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (96 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.8 a year. The grade counts 4 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.44× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -7%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Lapse in liability filings
    313 days without a liability filing on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2023 – Mar 22, 2024) while the authority required one. A filing received later can be back-dated and close a lapse. Not in the grade.
    Ask: what covered the fleet during the gap.
  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Apr 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Hazmat violations
    1 hazmat violation.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 9 of the 96 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (11 inspections in all). The crash expectation assumes all 96 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule.
Strengths
  • 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, Apr 2025 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
11
36% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
33.3%
3 of 9
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
9.1%
1 of 11
National avg 6.7%
Violations
10
4 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q2 '25: 3 inspections, 2 out of service 3 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 2 out of service 2 Q3 '26
vs 236 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.005 0.022
Inspections 0.10 0.58
Violations 0.05 0.32
Critical violations 0.02 0.05

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

What they get cited for

10 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    6 · 3 OOS
    Brakes 3 · Tires 2 · Lights 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
  • Hazmat
    1 · 0 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
  • Aug
    4
    2026
    Minnesota
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dusk, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
  • Nov
    5
    2024
    Minnesota
    Property damage only
    Dawn, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.

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 · TRIANGLE INSURANCE COMPANY INC.
on record since Mar 22, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000
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
  • 1 liability insurer on FMCSA's record, 1 change: RIVERPORT INSURANCE COMPANY → TRIANGLE INSURANCE COMPANY INC. (Mar 2024)
  • 313 days without a liability filing (May 14, 2023 – Mar 22, 2024) 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 Dec 24, 2018)

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
  • Minnesota (HQ) 9
  • Federal inspectors 2