THYGESON CONSTUCTION COMPANY

DOT# 229041 MC# 165977 Thief River Falls, MN Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire / Private Property
(218) 681-1924 thyge34@gmail.com 17913 Us 59 Ne, Thief River Falls MN 56701
28 power units · all owned 20 drivers 900k mi/yr · ~32k per unit
HazMat
Satisfactory
FRED Score 68.8 / 100
Low confidence
43 yrs history · 10 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
28
Drivers · CDL
20 · 20
Annual miles
900k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 10 0 0 10
Tractors 18 0 0 18
Trailers 41 0 0 41

Registration

Organization
INDIVIDUAL
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (12-17-1990) · 35 yr old
Registered
02-22-1983 (43 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
01-09-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
WAYNE THYGESON (DECEASED)
Officer
BRUCE THYGESON

Cargo

62.7
medium risk
Machinery/Large Objects General Freight Building Materials Other: GRAVEL AGGREGATES 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.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 28 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 6 units seen in 24 months, 0.18 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.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about a 70% 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 0.83×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.5 vs 0.6 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
0.6
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.6 a year. The grade counts 1 crash in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.73× and violations 1.30× the rate expected for its inspections, but out-of-service orders 0.64×. Together they move its crash estimate +4%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

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.

  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Aug 2026).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 6 of the 28 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (10 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 28 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule (the MCS-150 was last updated Jan 2026).
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, May 2025 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
10
30% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 5
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
10.0%
1 of 10
National avg 6.7%
Violations
14
1 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Minnesota (about 27 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q3 '26
vs 10,544 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.029
Inspections 0.21 1.11
Violations 0.25 0.77
Critical violations 0.09 0.15

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

What they get cited for

14 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    7 · 0 OOS
    Lights 5 · Steering & suspension 1 · Tires 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    6 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 4 · Seat belt 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Hours of service 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

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

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)
$750,000 · THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF CONNECTICUT
on record since Mar 5, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000
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
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: THE CHARTER OAK FIRE INSURANCE CO. → THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF CONNECTICUT (Mar 2026)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Mar 18, 2026)

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
  • North Dakota 1