BLACKS TRUCKING LLC

DOT# 4293375 MC# 1670942 Joplin, MO Authorized For-Hire
(417) 592-6088 bryton.blackstrucking@gmail.com 5098 Gateway Dr, Joplin MO 64804
2 tractors · all owned 3 drivers
Marginal
FRED Score 30.7 / 100
Low confidence
2 yrs history · 7 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
2
Drivers · CDL
3 · 3
Annual miles
30k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 2 0 0 2
Trailers 2 0 0 2

Registration

Registered
09-09-2024 (2 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
06-23-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
BRYTON BLACK

Cargo

60.0
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Other: AGGREGATES Grain/Feed/Hay Dry Bulk Farm Supplies Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, 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.

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 higher than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

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.

This motor carrier 1.55×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.4 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.4
Similar fleets
0.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About 1.6× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.2 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 2.25× the rate expected for its inspections, but out-of-service orders 0.67×. Together they move its crash estimate +7%: 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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • FMCSA suspension notice pending
    FMCSA served a notice on Oct 16, 2026: the operating authority will be suspended on Nov 15, 2026 unless the missing filing is restored. The notice does not say which filing. Not in the grade.
    Ask: which filing lapsed and whether it has been refiled.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2
  • 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, Nov 2024 – Jan 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
7
29% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
—
no inspections
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 7
National avg 6.7%
Violations
7
0 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in Missouri (about 2 in 24 months would be typical; 36% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 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: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26
vs 57,530 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.500 0.043
Inspections 1.75 1.57
Violations 1.75 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

7 violations · 24 months
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    4 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 2 · Other 2
  • Hours of service No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 2 · No log 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Vehicle maintenance 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
  • May
    28
    2026
    Kansas
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Wet road, daylight, rain, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Aug
    21
    2025
    Arkansas
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$750,000 · Motor Transport Mutual Risk Retention Group, Inc. (risk retention group)
on record since Nov 15, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Sep 2024
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 7, 2026
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → Motor Transport Mutual Risk Retention Group, Inc. (Nov 2025); NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY → PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Nov 2024)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notice served Oct 16, 2026: the operating authority will be suspended on Nov 15, 2026 unless the missing filing is restored (the notice does not say which filing). FMCSA's new registration system launched May 14, 2026 and has recorded some insurance suspensions and requirement changes in error; confirm with the insurer or motor carrier before acting.

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Sep 30, 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
  • Iowa 2
  • Texas 2
  • Arkansas 1
  • Kansas 1
  • South Dakota 1