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DOT #3954221 · CEDAR TREE TRANSPORTATION INC

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CEDAR TREE TRANSPORTATION INC

DOT# 3954221 MC# 1472593 Portland, OR Authorized For-Hire

(971) 270-0287 cedartreetransportation@gmail.com 14590 Ne Mason Street, Portland OR 97230

3 tractors · all leased 3 drivers 377k mi/yr · ~126k per unit

Not enough record

Graded once the record supports it

4 yrs history · 29 roadside inspections

Checking FMCSA…

Fleet & equipment

Power units: 3
Drivers · CDL: 3 · 3
Annual miles: 377k

Type	Term	Total
Trucks	0	0
Tractors	3	3
Trailers	0	0

Registration

FMCSA Rating: Satisfactory (04-20-2026)
Registered: 09-15-2022 (4 yrs)
MCS-150 Update: 03-12-2026
FRED Score Date: Nov 07, 2026
Officer: EVAN LEE

Cargo

61.6

medium risk

Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight US Mail

High-Risk Cargo: General Freight, Refrigerated Food, Meat

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 (pu6_9) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Not enough record to grade yet.

29 inspections and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one. It leans better than similar fleets (about a 60% chance), but not by enough to grade.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 6–9 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

80% likely range 0.31×–1.75×

ExcellentStrongSatisf.SatisfactoryMarginalPoorCritical

▲ Similar fleets 1.0×

Expected crashes, next 12 months

0.3 vs 0.3 for similar fleets

Likely 0–1 crashes

This motor carrier

0.3

Similar fleets

0.3

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-7 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

Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.3 a year.

Roadside inspections

betterworse

Worse than peers. Out-of-service orders 1.99×, violations 1.69× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.55× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +16%. 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

3 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 hours of service, 1 no valid CDL (Dec 2024 – Dec 2025).

Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
Brakes and tires

Brakes are 30 of 71 violations (42%). Brake or tire defects led to 13 out-of-service orders.

Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Vehicle out-of-service rate

45.8% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (11 of 24). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 1.99× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.

Strengths

No reportable crashes in 24 months.
No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026

Crashes

0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways

Inspections

31% clean (no violations)

Vehicle out-of-service

45.8%

11 of 24

National avg 22.3%

Driver out-of-service

10.3%

3 of 29

National avg 6.7%

Violations

20 out-of-service

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order

Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.

vs 70,135 peer fleets

	This motor carrier	Peers
Crashes	0.000	0.039
Inspections	7.83	1.41
Violations	11.83	1.44
Critical violations	2.33	0.26

	This motor carrier	Peers
Crashes	0.000	0.064
Inspections	6.24	2.29
Violations	9.43	2.40
Critical violations	1.86	0.42

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

What they get cited for

71 violations · 24 months

Vehicle maintenance No alert

55 · 17 OOS

Brakes 30 · Tires 7 · Lights 5 · Cargo securement 3 · Steering & suspension 2 · 8 more
Hours of service No alert

12 · 2 OOS

Logbook / ELD paperwork 9 · False log 1 · No log 1 · Over hours limit 1
Unsafe driving No alert

3 · 0 OOS

Seat belt 2 · Speeding 1
Driver fitness No alert

1 · 1 OOS

No valid CDL 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 Nov 2, 2026

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Liability (BIPD): $750,000 · Hoxbridge Insurance Company, Inc.
on record since Jun 16, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Mar 2026
Cargo filing: not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record

36 months to Nov 2, 2026

5 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 4 changes: National Specialty Insurance Company → Hoxbridge Insurance Company, Inc. (Jun 2026); BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY → National Specialty Insurance Company (Mar 2026); EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY → BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY (Dec 2024)
5 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 3 took effect (the last Jun 12, 2026, replaced 4 days later); 2 replaced before they took effect
10 days without a liability filing (Jan 10, 2026 – Jan 20, 2026) while the authority required one; a later back-dated filing can close a lapse

Authority

FMCSA notices resolved in time: 2

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jul 1, 2026)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Every insurance filing on the FMCSA record

9 filings and 8 authority events since 2022 · FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026

Newest first. Insurer names as filed. FMCSA does not publish why a filing was cancelled.

Jul 1, 2026

Operating authority reinstated

FMCSA's new system
Jun 16, 2026

Hoxbridge Insurance Company, Inc.

Liability · $750,000 · on file

FMCSA's new system
Mar 11, 2026

National Specialty Insurance Company

Liability · $750,000 · ended Jun 12, 2026 · cancellation notice took effect

a cancellation notice effective Jun 16, 2026 came after the replacement; 3 months in force

FMCSA's new system
Mar 11, 2026

Operating authority reinstated

L&I to May 14, 2026
Jan 20, 2026

Operating authority revoked (cause not stated)

L&I to May 14, 2026
Mar 5, 2025

BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY

Liability · $750,000 · ended Jan 10, 2026 · cancellation notice took effect

10 months in force

L&I to May 14, 2026
Dec 20, 2024

BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY

Liability · $750,000 · ended Mar 5, 2025 · superseded by the same policy

a cancellation notice effective Apr 7, 2025 came after the replacement; 2 months in force

L&I to May 14, 2026
Nov 21, 2024

FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Dec 24, 2024

opened after EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Dec 18, 2024)

L&I to May 14, 2026
Dec 18, 2023

EVERSPAN INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY

Liability · $750,000 · ended Dec 18, 2024 · cancellation notice took effect

12 months in force

L&I to May 14, 2026
Dec 8, 2023

FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Dec 20, 2023

opened after ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Jan 4, 2024)

L&I to May 14, 2026
Oct 27, 2023

ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY

Liability · $750,000 · ended Dec 18, 2023 · replaced by another insurer

a cancellation notice effective Jan 4, 2024 came after the replacement; 2 months in force

L&I to May 14, 2026
Oct 2, 2023

FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Oct 25, 2023

opened after CONTINENTAL DIVIDE INSURANCE COMPANY filed a cancellation notice (effective Oct 27, 2023)

L&I to May 14, 2026
Sep 21, 2023

CONTINENTAL DIVIDE INSURANCE COMPANY

Liability · $750,000 · ended Oct 27, 2023 · cancellation notice took effect

1 month in force

L&I to May 14, 2026
Mar 1, 2023

ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY

Liability · $750,000 · ended Sep 21, 2023 · replaced by another insurer

7 months in force

L&I to May 14, 2026
Feb 22, 2023

FMCSA revocation notice for the operating authority, dropped Mar 2, 2023

cause not stated in FMCSA's older records

L&I to May 14, 2026
Oct 6, 2022

Operating authority granted

L&I to May 14, 2026
Sep 22, 2022

ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY

Liability · $750,000 · ended Mar 1, 2023 · superseded by the same policy

5 months in force

L&I to May 14, 2026

What the terms mean

Liability filing (BIPD):: The insurer's certificate (form BMC-91 or 91X) that the motor carrier carries bodily-injury and property-damage liability at or above FMCSA's minimum. A BMC-82 is the same promise made by a surety bond.
FMCSA minimum:: $750,000 for general freight in vehicles of 10,001 lb or more; $300,000 under 10,001 lb; $1,000,000 for oil and some hazardous materials; $5,000,000 for bulk hazardous materials (49 CFR 387.9).
Primary / excess:: An excess filing sits on top of a primary one; together they make the total filed limit.
Replaced:: A new filing took over from this one. Replaced the same day is an ordinary change of insurer or renewal.
Cancellation notice:: Form BMC-35 (insurance) or BMC-36 (bond): the insurer tells FMCSA the filing ends in 30 days. The insurer files it whether the insurer or the motor carrier ended the policy; FMCSA does not publish the reason.
Cancellation processed by FMCSA:: FMCSA itself ended the filing, for example when the authority was revoked.
Lapse:: Time with no liability filing on FMCSA's record while the authority required one. A filing received later can be back-dated, which closes a lapse after the fact.
Suspended for insurance:: FMCSA suspended the operating authority because no filing meeting the minimum was on file. FMCSA's records state this reason only since May 14, 2026; before then they show a revocation notice without a cause.
FMCSA notice resolved in time:: Before May 14, 2026, FMCSA served a revocation notice when a required filing lapsed and dropped it when the filing was restored. The notice does not say which filing lapsed.
Suspension notice:: Since May 14, 2026, FMCSA serves a notice that the authority will be suspended on a date unless the missing filing is restored. The notice does not say which filing.
Cargo filing:: Form BMC-34. FMCSA has required it only of household-goods motor carriers and forwarders since 2011, so most motor carriers' cargo policies are not on FMCSA's record.
Broker bond / trust fund:: Form BMC-84 (surety bond) or BMC-85 (trust fund): the $75,000 security a broker or freight forwarder must keep on file.
Self-insurance authority:: FMCSA lets a few large motor carriers carry their own liability; it appears as a filing by "Self-Insured".
Risk retention group:: An insurer owned by its policyholders (often trucking groups). It is not covered by state insurance guaranty funds.
FMCSA record through:: The date of the FMCSA file this section was built from. Dockets FMCSA's new system has not yet published are shown from the legacy record, frozen on May 14, 2026.

FMCSA's record of the insurance filed for this motor carrier's operating authority (forms BMC-91/91X liability, BMC-34 cargo, BMC-84/85 broker bond or trust), not the motor carrier's full insurance program. Only for-hire motor carriers with operating authority file with FMCSA; private and intrastate-only motor carriers keep proof of insurance at their place of business, so no filing does not mean no insurance. A filed limit is the amount the insurer certified to FMCSA, which can be below the policy's full limits; cargo and bond filings are shown as on file or not because FMCSA records the federal minimum rather than the policy amount. FMCSA's new registration system (May 14, 2026) publishes a partial set of dockets; a docket not yet in it is shown from the legacy record, frozen on that date, and the live check above is today's reading. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state

California 13
Arizona 7
New Mexico 3
Oregon (HQ) 2
Washington 2
Colorado 1
Kentucky 1

Runs well beyond its home state: 2 of 29 inspections were in Oregon.

How the estimate is calculated

The model, its inputs, the window it scored and its confidence. For actuaries and anyone checking the work.

Forward 12-Month Risk Outlook

The FRED Score predicts this motor carrier's crash risk over the next 12 months — how often they're likely to crash and how severe those crashes tend to be — versus a typical fleet of its size (7 power units: 3 filed, 7 seen roadside in 24 months).

Crash Outlook vs Peer Fleet

crashes per year · same scale

Average peer fleet

0.3

Actual, per year in window

0.0

Projected, next 12 mo

0.3

0 0.25 0.5

We'd expect a typical fleet of 7 power units this active to have about 0.3 crashes a year (sized from the 7 units seen roadside; 3 filed). This motor carrier recorded 0 in its scoring window (Sep 1, 2023 → Aug 31, 2026, about 0.0 a year) — fewer than a typical fleet. Factoring in its inspection and violation record inside that window and the credibility of its own experience, the model projects about 0.3 over the next 12.

Fatal-crash risk: less than a 1% chance in the next 12 months

Modeled fatal-crash rate is about typical for similar fleets (likelihood of at least one fatal crash, from its exposure and safety profile).

Track Record Used

Crashes Sep 1, 2023 → Aug 31, 2026 · inspections Oct 1, 2024 → Sep 30, 2026 · data as of Oct 29, 2026

Inside that window: 28 inspections and 0 crashes.

Outside the scoring window

on the FMCSA record · not in this grade

Aged out — crashes before Sep 1, 2023, inspections before Oct 1, 2024

1 inspection with no out-of-service result

Why there is no grade. Every grade but Satisfactory needs at least a 60% posterior past its cut; Satisfactory is what is left when none passes. Here the 80% likely range (0.31×–1.75×) still runs from below the Excellent cut (0.60×) to above the Poor cut (1.57×), so the record can't separate a best-in-class fleet from a poor one and the page shows no grade and no FRED Score. The forecasts are unchanged: in backtests, records this thin crash at their forecast on average but scatter about 2.6× as widely around it as records that support a Satisfactory grade.

Confidence: Low · Z = 0.18

Satisfactory — 0.95x its class rate (cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11). Class rate 0.045 crashes per power-unit-year for a 7-unit for-hire fleet (pu6_9). Violations 1.16x (driver behaviour 1.55x, out-of-service 1.99x, all violations 1.69x; 28 inspections). Experience 0.82x: 0.0 decayed crashes against 0.6 expected over 36 months (credibility 0.18, a 2.63). 80% range 0.31–1.75x. Fleet sized at 7 units from roadside VINs (3 filed). Last change: no change since the last run.

No change since the previous weekly run.

Scoring flags Thin record (low credibility: little exposure behind the grade) (informational — no grade effect)

What Drives This Score

1.00× = this motor carrier's class rate

FRED multiplies three factors: the class rate a fleet of this size, class and activity is expected to run, a violation relativity from its roadside record, and its own crash experience over 36 months weighted by how much exposure stands behind it. The grade is the band of the resulting relativity to class, then the screens.

Class rate

4.5 crashes per 100 power-unit-years

7 power units (3 filed, 7 seen roadside) · 0.32 expected crashes a year

Violation relativity

1.16×

28 inspections in window

Crash experience

0.82×

0.0 decayed crashes vs 0.6 expected · credibility 0.18

Driver behaviour

1.55×

Out-of-service rate

1.99×

All violations

1.69×

0×1× class2×+

Each sub-relativity is shrunk toward its cohort rate when the record is thin (Bühlmann credibility), so a short record reads close to 1.00×.

Relativity to class 0.95× (80% range 0.31–1.75×) · band Satisfactory · cuts: Excellent <0.60, Strong <0.76, Satisfactory <1.06, Marginal <1.57, Poor <2.11, Critical above

Full methodology · Scoring white paper · Validation study

FMCSA records

BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.

FMCSA BASIC Scores

AB Property

Total Inspections

Driver Insp

Driver OOS

Vehicle Insp

Vehicle OOS

BASIC	Insp w/ Viol	Measure
Unsafe Driving	3	9.76
HOS Compliance	6	0.91
Driver Fitness	1	0.17
Controlled Substances	0	0.00
Vehicle Maintenance	17	9.41

SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (01-AUG-26 – 28-SEP-25) and may cover a different time window than the scoring window used for the FRED grade (Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026). Counts here may differ from the grade's in-window counts.

CEDAR TREE TRANSPORTATION INC

Fleet & equipment

Registration

Cargo

Worth a closer look

Track record

What they get cited for

Violations by quarter

Crashes

Insurance filed with FMCSA

Where it happens

Forward 12-Month Risk Outlook

FMCSA BASIC Scores

FMCSA Inspection Records

FMCSA Violation Records

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FMCSA Live Status

Fleet & equipment

Registration

Cargo

Worth a closer look

Track record

What they get cited for

Violations by quarter

Crashes

Insurance filed with FMCSA

Where it happens

Forward 12-Month Risk Outlook

FMCSA BASIC Scores

FMCSA Inspection Records

FMCSA Violation Records