PACIFIC SUN TRUCKING INC

DOT# 3693147 MC# 1388232 Santa Maria, CA Authorized For-Hire
(805) 349-3789 mmolina@pacsuntrucking.com 726 W Betteravia Rd, Santa Maria CA 93455-1223
16 power units · all owned 13 drivers 650k mi/yr · ~41k per unit
HazMat Intrastate Only
Satisfactory Provisional: the filed fleet isn't backed up by the roadside record (only 3 of the 16 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months), so the grade can't lean on this motor carrier's own history until the fleet size is confirmed.
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Prior-only confidence
5 yrs history · 6 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
16
Drivers · CDL
13 · 7
Annual miles
650k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 8 0 0 8
Tractors 8 0 0 8
Trailers 9 0 0 9

Registration

Registered
08-03-2021 (5 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-10-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
MANUEL MOLINA
Officer
SHERRI BRISCOE

Cargo

57.8
medium risk
General Freight Chemicals
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 (0.75× 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 16 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 3 units seen in 24 months, 0.19 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.

Intrastate operation

Runs within California only. Intrastate fleets in California are inspected about 1 a year for every 4 trucks; interstate fleets, about 1 a year for every 2 trucks. So this record rests mainly on crash reports, which states file for intrastate trucks too, and few inspections are ordinary here.

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

Similar fleets: intrastate fleets of 10–19 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
Too little record to tell. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.62× and violations 0.70× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -9%: 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.

  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 3 of the 16 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (6 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 16 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 Apr 2026).
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.

Track record

FMCSA record, Jul 2025 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
6
50% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
16.7%
1 of 6
Intrastate avg 30.6%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 6
Intrastate avg 8.5%
Violations
4
1 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as intrastate fleets of 10–19 trucks in California (about 12 in 24 months would be typical; 45% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 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: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 2,534 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.016
Inspections 0.34 0.46
Violations 0.12 0.45
Critical violations 0.00 0.07

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: intrastate fleets, 10–19 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

4 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    4 · 1 OOS
    Lights 2 · Brakes 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 May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$1,000,000 · HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Nov 7, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Feb 2022
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
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer; 1 took effect (the last Nov 7, 2024, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Oct 16, 2024)

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
  • California (HQ) 6