EMHOFF TRUCKING LLC

DOT# 3215499 MC# 1098730 Sheffield, IA Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire
(641) 903-6468 emhofftruckingllc@gmail.com 1706 255th St, Sheffield IA 50475
7 tractors 7 drivers 380k mi/yr · ~54k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Low confidence
8 yrs history · 9 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
7
Drivers · CDL
7 · 7
Annual miles
380k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 1 6 0 7
Trailers 5 4 0 9

Registration

Registered
11-26-2018 (8 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
09-16-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
NICHOLAS EMHOFF

Cargo

61.9
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Livestock Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Grain/Feed/Hay Farm Supplies Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Livestock

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

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.75× similar fleets) would put it in Strong; this rule holds it at Satisfactory:

  • Strong withheld: the posterior is not confident enough that risk sits below 0.76× class

The downside is never capped.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu6_9) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

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 6–9 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 0.75×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.3
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 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.58×, out-of-service orders 0.68× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.71× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -11%: 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.

  • Drivers put out of service
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 1 hours of service, 1 no valid CDL (Dec 2024).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.

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
9
78% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 5
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
11.1%
1 of 9
National avg 6.7%
Violations
5
2 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 6–9 trucks in Iowa (about 7 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 57,512 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.043
Inspections 1.29 1.58
Violations 0.36 1.56
Critical violations 0.07 0.29

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

5 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Brakes 1 · Other parts 2
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No log 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Unsafe driving 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 · PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Jun 9, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Mar 2020
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
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY → PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY (Mar 2025); FARM BUREAU PROPERY & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO → AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY (Mar 2024)
  • 3 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 2 took effect (the last Jun 9, 2025, replaced the same day); 1 replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 2

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since May 20, 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
  • Iowa (HQ) 5
  • Kansas 1
  • Missouri 1
  • Nebraska 1
  • Wyoming 1