OPEN GATE TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS INC

DBA: OPEN GATE TRANSPORT

DOT# 3853489 MC# 1405365 Kiowa, CO Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(720) 355-9679 opengatetransport@aol.com 34638 Wolf Creek Trail, Kiowa CO 80117
3 tractors · all owned 4 drivers 155k mi/yr · ~52k per unit
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
4 yrs history · 8 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
3
Drivers · CDL
4 · 3
Annual miles
155k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 3 0 0 3
Trailers 0 0 3 3

Registration

Registered
03-30-2022 (4 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
02-20-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
FOSTER HOUTS

Cargo

67.0
medium risk
Oilfield Equipment Livestock General Freight Other: OTHER Grain/Feed/Hay Farm Supplies
High-Risk Cargo
Livestock, 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.

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.

Not enough record to grade yet.

8 inspections and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

Similar fleets: interstate 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.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 2.4× as often as the median active fleet of 2–5 trucks.

80% likely range 0.33×–1.96×
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

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-5 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

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Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (3 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.2 a year. The grade counts 1 crash in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Violations 2.40×, out-of-service orders 2.04× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.33× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +17%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Drivers put out of service
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 hours of service (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Lights and cargo securement
    Lights are 8 of 25 violations (32%). Light or cargo securement defects led to 1 out-of-service order.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
8
12% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
40.0%
2 of 5
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
25.0%
2 of 8
National avg 6.7%
Violations
25
5 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in Colorado (about 4 in 24 months would be typical; 32% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 57,530 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.043
Inspections 2.83 1.57
Violations 4.17 1.56
Critical violations 0.50 0.29

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

What they get cited for

25 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    18 · 3 OOS
    Lights 8 · Cargo securement 3 · Brakes 2 · Tires 1 · Other parts 4
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    4 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 3 · Other 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    2 · 2 OOS
    No log 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Medical certificate 1
  • 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 · TRISURA INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Mar 30, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Apr 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
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY → TRISURA INSURANCE COMPANY (Mar 2025)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Apr 20, 2022)

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
  • Kansas 5
  • Iowa 1
  • Nebraska 1
  • Texas 1