CAVICCHIO GREENHOUSES INC

DOT# 367662 MC# 1289773 DUNS# 19658699 Sudbury, MA Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(978) 443-7177 jim@cavicchio.com 110 Codjer Lane, Sudbury MA 01776
36 power units · all owned 25 drivers
Satisfactory
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Low confidence
37 yrs history · 12 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
36
Drivers · CDL
25 · 22
Annual miles
764k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 14 0 0 14
Tractors 22 0 0 22
Trailers 60 0 0 60

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
09-27-1989 (37 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
12-19-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
NICOLA CAVICCHIO
Officer
PAUL CAVICCHIO

Cargo

55.9
medium risk
General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Fresh Produce Other: PLANTS,NURSERY STOCK,STONE &MULCH Farm Supplies
High-Risk Cargo
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.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.71× similar fleets) would put it in Strong; this rule holds it at Satisfactory:

  • 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 36 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 8 units seen in 24 months, 0.15 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: 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 0.71×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.5 vs 0.7 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
0.7
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 0.7 a year. The grade counts 2 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.40× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.67× 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.

  • Driver qualification
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 1 no valid CDL, 1 medical certificate (Aug 2025 – Sep 2026).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 8 of the 36 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (12 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 36 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.
  • Driver out-of-service rate
    16.7% of driver inspections end out of service vs 6.7% nationally (2 of 12), but across all its inspections out-of-service orders are 0.97× what's expected for where and how it's inspected, the measure the grade uses.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • 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, Feb 2025 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
12
58% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 6
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
16.7%
2 of 12
National avg 6.7%
Violations
5
2 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 5 inspections, 1 out of service 5 Q3 '26
vs 11,996 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.014 0.027
Inspections 0.18 1.02
Violations 0.07 0.71
Critical violations 0.01 0.14

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

What they get cited for

5 violations · 24 months
  • Driver fitness No alert
    2 · 2 OOS
    Medical certificate 1 · No valid CDL 1
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Lights 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 1
  • Hours of service 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 · CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.
on record since Sep 20, 2021 · FMCSA minimum $750,000
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
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Oct 4, 2021)

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
  • Massachusetts (HQ) 5
  • New Hampshire 4
  • Connecticut 1
  • Rhode Island 1
  • Federal inspectors 1