B AND S EQUIPMENT COMPANY INC

DOT# 435985 MC# 462136 DUNS# 120246772 Belle Chasse, LA Authorized For-Hire
(504) 340-2091 tracey@bandsequipment.com 2101 Engineers Road, Belle Chasse LA 70037
41 power units 54 drivers
Satisfactory Provisional: the filed fleet isn't backed up by the roadside record (only 6 of the 41 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
35 yrs history · 7 roadside inspections
Upside capped

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
41
Drivers · CDL
54 · 6
Annual miles
814k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 35 0 0 35
Tractors 4 2 0 6
Trailers 43 0 0 43

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (06-27-2005) · 21 yr old
Registered
02-08-1991 (35 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
08-27-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
SUE C RYALS
Officer
SUE C RYALS

Cargo

63.5
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Oilfield Equipment General Freight Building Materials Other: SAND Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, 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.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.75× similar fleets) would put it in Strong; this rule holds it at Satisfactory:

  • Strong withheld: the posterior is not confident enough that risk sits below 0.76× class

The downside is never capped.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 41 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 6 units seen in 24 months, 0.10 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.

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).

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

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 20–49 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
0.6 vs 0.8 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.6
Similar fleets
0.8
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
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 0.8 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Out-of-service orders 1.60× and violations 1.44× 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.

  • Drivers put out of service
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 1 hours of service, 1 no valid CDL (Apr 2025 – Oct 2025).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 6 of the 41 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (7 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 41 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
Data flags
  • 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, Feb 2025 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
7
43% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
75.0%
3 of 4
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
28.6%
2 of 7
National avg 6.7%
Violations
9
5 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 11,996 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.027
Inspections 0.17 1.02
Violations 0.11 0.71
Critical violations 0.01 0.14

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

9 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    5 · 3 OOS
    Cargo securement 3 · Brakes 1 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 1 · Other 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No log 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)
$1,000,000 · Arch Insurance Company
on record since Apr 1, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jul 2018
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
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO. → ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY (Apr 2025)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jul 1, 2013)

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
  • Pennsylvania 3
  • Kentucky 2
  • New Mexico 1
  • Tennessee 1