THE WAGGONERS TRUCKING

DOT# 30176 MC# 26396 DUNS# 50255108 Billings, MT Authorized For-Hire
(800) 999-9097 tmeredith@waggonerstrucking.com 5220 Midland Road, Billings MT 59101
30 tractors · all owned 30 drivers
HazMat
Satisfactory
FRED Score 53.8 / 100
Moderate confidence
52 yrs history · 45 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
30
Drivers · CDL
30 · 30
Annual miles
9M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 30 0 0 30
Trailers 30 0 0 30

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (02-23-2007) · 19 yr old
Registered
06-01-1974 (52 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
06-30-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
DAVID WAGGONER
Officer
MARY WAGGONER

Cargo

65.0
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Intermodal Containers Oilfield Equipment General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Other: EXPLOSIVES OXIDIZERS Grain/Feed/Hay Dry Bulk Paper Products Utility Farm Supplies Construction Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, Machinery Large, Oilfield Equipment, 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.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears implausibly high for fleet size. 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).

High Utilization Fleet

This motor carrier reports 298,666 miles per power unit annually, which exceeds typical single-driver limits (~150,000–180,000 miles/year). This motor carrier is still rated, but the high utilization may indicate:

  • Team driving operations where trucks run nearly 24/7 with rotating drivers
  • Stale fleet count in MCS-150 (power units not updated while operations expanded)
  • Data entry anomaly in annual mileage reporting
  • Expedited/dedicated routes with unusually high truck utilization

Expected crash rate is about the same as similar fleets.

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 1.01×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.6 vs 1.6 for similar fleets
Likely 0–4 crashes
This motor carrier
1.6
Similar fleets
1.6
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~4%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 3 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1.5 a year); similar fleets have about 1.6 a year. The grade counts 8 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.50×, out-of-service orders 0.57× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.78× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -12%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

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.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Strengths
  • 3 crashes in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2
  • 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, Oct 2024 – Apr 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
3
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
45
62% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
19.0%
4 of 21
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 45
National avg 6.7%
Violations
24
7 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 12 inspections, 2 out of service 12 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 20 inspections, 2 out of service 20 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 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: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26
vs 11,996 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.017 0.027
Inspections 1.63 1.02
Violations 0.40 0.71
Critical violations 0.08 0.14

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

What they get cited for

24 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    16 · 7 OOS
    Brakes 5 · Lights 3 · Tires 3 · Steering & suspension 1 · Other parts 4
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    7 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 2 · Speeding 2 · Phone use 1 · Seat belt 1 · Other 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 1
  • 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
3 crashes
  • Dec
    2
    2025
    South Carolina
    Property damage only
    Wet road, daylight, rain, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Nov
    11
    2024
    Georgia
    Property damage only
    Dark - lighted, fog, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
  • Nov
    6
    2024
    South Carolina
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.

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 $1,000,000 + excess $3,000,000 (total $5,000,000) · PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.
on record since Sep 1, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $5,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jan 2014
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
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer, replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 4

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Sep 2, 2025)

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
  • Alabama 5
  • Arizona 4
  • California 4
  • Georgia 4
  • New Mexico 4
  • Mississippi 3
  • North Carolina 3
  • South Carolina 3

Runs well beyond its home state: 1 of 45 inspections were in Montana.