CARMAN GATE

DOT# 396026 Liberty, KY Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire / Private Property
(859) 339-0646 carmangate2@gmail.com 436 Bartle Drive, Liberty KY 42539
3 tractors · all owned 2 drivers 100k mi/yr · ~33k per unit
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
36 yrs history · 14 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
3
Drivers · CDL
2 · 2
Annual miles
100k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 3 0 0 3
Trailers 3 0 0 3

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (01-03-2003) · 23 yr old
Registered
06-08-1990 (36 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-07-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
JEFF CARMAN
Officer
CHAD CARMAN

Cargo

32.2
low risk
Other: GATES Farm Supplies

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.

14 inspections and 1 crash 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: 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 1.5× as often as the median active fleet of 2–5 trucks.

80% likely range 0.32×–1.74×
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-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
Too little record to tell. 1 injury crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.2 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.28×, unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.55× and out-of-service orders 0.64× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -18%. 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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 79% of inspections found no violations.

Track record

FMCSA record, Jan 2025 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
14
79% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
16.7%
2 of 12
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 14
National avg 6.7%
Violations
5
3 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in Kentucky (about 3 in 24 months would be typical; 39% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 6 inspections, 0 out of service 6 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 1,237 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.167 0.032
Inspections 3.00 1.03
Violations 0.83 0.89
Critical violations 0.00 0.15

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

What they get cited for

5 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    4 · 3 OOS
    Lights 2 · Brakes 1 · Tires 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 1
  • Unsafe driving 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
  • Jun
    24
    2025
    Georgia
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight. Citation issued.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.

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
  • Tennessee 4
  • Florida 3
  • Georgia 3
  • Alabama 2
  • Mississippi 2