D C RAUSCHER INC

DOT# 348732 MC# 289961 Waterloo, NY Authorized For-Hire
(315) 539-5336 dcrauscher@yahoo.com 1622 State Route 414, Waterloo NY 13165
27 power units · all owned 12 drivers
Strong
FRED Score 90.0 / 100
Low confidence
37 yrs history · 11 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
27
Drivers · CDL
12 · 12
Annual miles
271k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 17 0 0 17
Tractors 10 0 0 10
Trailers 72 0 0 72

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (02-21-2001) · 25 yr old
Registered
03-30-1989 (37 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
02-25-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
DAVID C RAUSCHER
Officer
KELLY RAUSCHER

Cargo

61.0
medium risk
Machinery/Large Objects Liquids/Gases Oilfield Equipment Building Materials Other: PIPE LIQUID SALT BRINE IN BULK Construction Garbage/Refuse
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, Oilfield Equipment

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

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.57× similar fleets) would put it in Excellent; this rule holds it at Strong:

  • Held one band lower (interim): the filed fleet isn't corroborated roadside — see Exposure Unverified below

The downside is never capped.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 27 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 6 units seen in 24 months, 0.20 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).

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

Similar fleets: interstate 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 0.57×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.4
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 0.4 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.45× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.48× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -15%.

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.

  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 6 of the 27 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (11 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 27 are running. Its grade is held one band lower until the fleet is confirmed.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule (the MCS-150 was last updated Feb 2025).
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
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, Nov 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
11
54% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
25.0%
2 of 8
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 11
National avg 6.7%
Violations
9
4 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in New York (about 27 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 1 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: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 10,543 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.029
Inspections 0.41 1.12
Violations 0.17 0.78
Critical violations 0.06 0.15

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

What they get cited for

9 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    9 · 4 OOS
    Brakes 5 · Cargo securement 2 · Tires 1 · Wheels & hubs 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • 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

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since May 1, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jan 2009
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 7, 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 Mar 31, 2011)

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
  • New York (HQ) 6
  • Pennsylvania 5