DANELL CUSTOM HARVESTING LLC

DOT# 2852889 Hanford, CA Authorized For-Hire
(559) 772-7945 demi@danellbros.com 8265 Hanford Armona Rd, Hanford CA 93230
87 tractors · all owned 85 drivers
Intrastate Only
Marginal
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Low confidence
10 yrs history · 8 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
87
Drivers · CDL
85 · 85
Annual miles
335k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 87 0 0 87
Trailers 9 0 0 9

Registration

Registered
02-16-2016 (10 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
12-17-2024
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
RANCE DANIEL DANELL
Officer
JUSTIN M DANELL

Cargo

56.4
medium risk
General Freight Other: CROP Grain/Feed/Hay
High-Risk Cargo
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 87 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 11 units seen in 24 months, 0.05 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).

Intrastate operation

Runs within California only. Intrastate fleets in California are inspected about 1 a year for every 4 trucks; interstate fleets, about 1 a year for every 2 trucks. So this record rests mainly on crash reports, which states file for intrastate trucks too, and few inspections are ordinary here.

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: intrastate 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 1.75×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.75× similar fleets) is in the Poor range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Poor line (1.57×), so the grade stays Marginal.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.4 vs 0.8 for similar fleets
Likely 0–3 crashes
This motor carrier
1.4
Similar fleets
0.8
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~4%
About 1.7× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 3 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1.5 a year), including 2 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
Much worse than peers. Violations 2.26× and out-of-service orders 1.31× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +6%: 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.

  • Injury crashes
    2 crashes with 2 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Driver qualification
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 no valid CDL (Mar 2026 – Sep 2026).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 11 of the 87 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (8 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 87 are running. Intrastate fleets of 50–99 trucks in California are rarely inspected (about 1 a year for every 6 trucks), so the roadside record can't confirm the fleet either way.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule (the MCS-150 was last updated Dec 2024).
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, Aug 2025 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
3
0 fatalities · 2 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
8
38% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 5
Intrastate avg 30.6%
Driver out-of-service
25.0%
2 of 8
Intrastate avg 8.5%
Violations
11
2 out-of-service

Inspected less often than intrastate fleets of 50–99 trucks in California (about 31 in 24 months would be typical; 42% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q3 '26
vs 365 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.023 0.010
Inspections 0.07 0.23
Violations 0.06 0.14
Critical violations 0.02 0.02

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

What they get cited for

11 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    8 · 0 OOS
    Lights 3 · Other parts 5
  • Driver fitness No alert
    2 · 2 OOS
    No valid CDL 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Phone use 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
  • Mar
    12
    2026
    California
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jun
    29
    2025
    California
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Mar
    28
    2025
    California
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.

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
  • California (HQ) 8