BUSTED KNUCKLE TRUCKING LLC

DOT# 3417841 Columbia Falls, MT Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire / Private Property
(406) 261-9591 sean@bustedknuckle1.com 343 Jensen Road, Columbia Falls MT 59912
5 power units · all owned 4 drivers
HazMat
BASIC Alerts: Hours-of-Service Driver Fitness Maintenance
Marginal
FRED Score 50.0 / 100
Low confidence
6 yrs history · 9 roadside inspections
Capped at Marginal
Current FMCSA Conditional rating (09-27-2026)

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
5
Drivers · CDL
4 · 4
Annual miles
80k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 1 0 0 1
Tractors 4 0 0 4
Trailers 7 0 0 7

Registration

FMCSA Rating
Conditional (09-27-2026)
Registered
04-14-2020 (6 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
02-09-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
SEAN ALLEN

Cargo

64.2
medium risk
Machinery/Large Objects Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large

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

Held at Marginal by an FMCSA Rating

FMCSA currently rates this motor carrier Conditional (09-27-2026). While that rating stands, FRED grades the motor carrier no better than Marginal, even where its roadside and crash record alone would grade higher.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu2_5) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

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).

Too little record to tell how this motor carrier's crash rate compares with similar fleets.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 2–5 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 1.16×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 1 injury crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.2 a year. The grade counts 3 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Violations 1.26× the rate expected for its inspections, but out-of-service orders 0.57× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.62×. Together they move its crash estimate -8%: 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.

  • FMCSA BASIC alerts
    Over FMCSA's intervention threshold in hours of service, driver fitness, vehicle maintenance.
    Ask: any FMCSA warning letters and the corrective-action plan.
  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
Data flags
  • Current adverse FMCSA safety rating
    FMCSA currently rates this motor carrier Conditional or Unsatisfactory — a recent formal finding of safety-management deficiencies. Treat as a serious underwriting concern.
  • 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, Jan 2025 – Mar 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
9
67% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 3
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 6
National avg 6.7%
Violations
5
0 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q1 '26
vs 70,135 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.100 0.039
Inspections 1.00 1.41
Violations 0.50 1.44
Critical violations 0.00 0.26

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

What they get cited for

5 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance FMCSA alert
    5 · 0 OOS
    Brakes 4 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Hours of service FMCSA alert
    0
  • Driver fitness FMCSA 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
  • Jul
    24
    2025
    Montana
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

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
  • Montana (HQ) 9