AUCHTER INDUSTRIAL VAC SERVICE INC

DOT# 258134 MC# 261811 DUNS# 95760716 Linden, NJ Authorized For-Hire
(908) 862-2277 angie@auchterindustrial.com 4801 South Wood Avenue, Linden NJ 07036
25 tractors · all owned 10 drivers
HazMat
Satisfactory
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Low confidence
41 yrs history · 6 roadside inspections
Upside capped

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
25
Drivers · CDL
10 · 10
Annual miles
81k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 5 0 0 5
Trailers 1 0 0 1

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (04-24-2006) · 20 yr old
Registered
04-23-1985 (41 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-06-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
BRIAN AUCHTER

Cargo

31.8
low risk
Liquids/Gases Other: WASTE PRODUCTS SOIL Chemicals

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

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.67× 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 25 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 5 units seen in 24 months, 0.12 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: for-hire 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 0.67×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.4
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
Below 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 0.4 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
About typical. Out-of-service orders, violations and unsafe-driving or hours-of-service violations are all close to the rate expected for its 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.

  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Nov 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 5 of the 25 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (6 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 25 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.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
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, Dec 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
6
50% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
33.3%
1 of 3
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
16.7%
1 of 6
National avg 6.7%
Violations
6
2 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 721 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.019
Inspections 0.16 0.53
Violations 0.12 0.27
Critical violations 0.04 0.05

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

What they get cited for

6 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    3 · 1 OOS
    Brakes 1 · Other parts 2
  • 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
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)
primary $1,000,000 + excess $4,000,000 (total $5,000,000) · XL INSURANCE AMERICA, INC
on record since Feb 1, 2012 · FMCSA minimum $5,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Feb 2001
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
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since May 13, 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
  • Pennsylvania 3
  • New Jersey (HQ) 2
  • Maryland 1