CANNONBALL TRUCKING INC

DOT# 338347 MC# 190566 DUNS# 185259108 Houston, TX Authorized For-Hire
(713) 644-7300 greg.rathjen@cannonballtrucking.com 11007 Telephone Road, Houston TX 77075
78 power units 56 drivers 2.6M mi/yr · ~33k per unit
HazMat
Strong
FRED Score 87.9 / 100
Moderate confidence
38 yrs history · 153 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
78
Drivers · CDL
56 · 56
Annual miles
2.6M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 10 11 0 21
Tractors 54 3 0 57
Trailers 41 10 0 51

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Cargo Operation
Intrastate HM
Scope
Intrastate (Beyond 100 miles)
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (07-02-2004) · 22 yr old
Registered
12-29-1988 (38 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-08-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
GREGORY A RATHJEN
Officer
GREGORY A RATHJEN

Cargo

63.0
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Liquids/Gases Intermodal Containers Oilfield Equipment General Freight Building Materials Paper Products Construction Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
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.

Expected crash rate is about 38% lower than similar fleets.

Similar fleets: for-hire 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 0.62×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.7 vs 2.7 for similar fleets
Likely 0–4 crashes
This motor carrier
1.7
Similar fleets
2.7
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~4%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Lower so far, not yet proven. 1 injury crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 2.7 a year. Too short a record to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 11% below typical. The grade counts 5 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much better than peers. Violations 0.19×, unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.28× and out-of-service orders 0.35× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -30%. 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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Nov 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Hazmat violations
    17 hazmat violations, 3 out of service.
Strengths
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 7.9% vs 22.3% national; driver 0.7% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 75% of inspections found no violations.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 4

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
153
75% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
7.9%
11 of 139
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.7%
1 of 153
National avg 6.7%
Violations
61
10 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 13 inspections, 0 out of service 13 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 14 inspections, 1 out of service 14 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 17 inspections, 0 out of service 17 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 16 inspections, 1 out of service 16 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 20 inspections, 2 out of service 20 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 26 inspections, 3 out of service 26 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 25 inspections, 2 out of service 25 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 21 inspections, 3 out of service 21 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 4,520 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.013 0.025
Inspections 1.33 0.91
Violations 0.39 0.53
Critical violations 0.03 0.11

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

What they get cited for

61 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    36 · 6 OOS
    Lights 12 · Brakes 10 · Cargo securement 4 · Tires 1 · Wheels & hubs 1 · 8 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    4 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 1 · Other 3
  • Hours of service No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 2 · Over hours limit 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
  • Hazmat
    17 · 3 OOS
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
  • Feb
    22
    2025
    Texas
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$2,000,000 · Old Republic Insurance Company
on record since Mar 1, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Aug 1994
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
Broker or forwarder bond
required · none on file
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jun 9, 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
  • Texas (HQ) 124
  • Louisiana 11
  • Tennessee 6
  • Colorado 2
  • Georgia 2
  • Utah 2
  • Kentucky 1
  • Missouri 1

Mostly inspected in its home state (81%).