NBLA LLC

DOT# 4435787 MC# 1746023 Troy, TX Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(254) 394-4018 nblatemple@gmail.com 213 N Central Ave, Troy TX 76579
3 power units · all owned 3 drivers
HazMat
Marginal
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Low confidence
1 yr history · 10 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
3
Drivers · CDL
3 · 3
Annual miles
50k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 3 0 0 3
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 3 0 0 3

Registration

Cargo Operation
Interstate
Scope
Interstate (Beyond 100 miles)
Registered
07-09-2025 (1 yr)
MCS-150 Update
11-18-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
DENNIS JOHNSON

Cargo

68.1
medium risk
Motor Vehicles General Freight Building Materials Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, 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 (pu6_9) 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 an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate 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.

This motor carrier 1.83×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.83× similar fleets) is in the Poor range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Poor line (1.57×), so the grade stays Marginal.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.5 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
0.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
About 1.8× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 5.31×, violations 2.84× and out-of-service orders 2.38× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +40%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

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
    19 out-of-service violations against drivers: 11 no valid CDL, 6 hours of service, 2 other qualification (May 2026 – Aug 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 7 of 63 violations (11%). Brake or light defects led to 7 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Driver out-of-service rate
    80.0% of driver inspections end out of service vs 6.7% nationally (8 of 10). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 2.38× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
  • Falsified logs
    3 false-log violations in 24 months.
    Ask: how hours are audited against ELD and fuel records.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
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 2026 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
10
10% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
66.7%
6 of 9
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
80.0%
8 of 10
National avg 6.7%
Violations
63
30 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in Texas (about 6 in 24 months would be typical; 31% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 6 inspections, 5 out of service 6 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 3 inspections, 3 out of service 3 Q3 '26
vs 57,512 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.256 0.043
Inspections 2.56 1.58
Violations 16.15 1.56
Critical violations 3.08 0.29

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

What they get cited for

63 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    36 · 11 OOS
    Brakes 7 · Lights 5 · Cargo securement 4 · Wheels & hubs 4 · Tires 2 · 14 more
  • Driver fitness No alert
    14 · 13 OOS
    No valid CDL 12 · Other qualification 2
  • Hours of service No alert
    12 · 6 OOS
    No log 5 · Logbook / ELD paperwork 4 · False log 3
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Other 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
  • Aug
    12
    2026
    Kansas
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

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)
$1,000,000 · GEICO COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
on record since Mar 13, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jul 2025
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: PROGRESSIVE COUNTY MUTUAL → GEICO COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. (Mar 2026)
  • 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 1 took effect (the last Oct 20, 2025, replaced the same day); 1 replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
  • First liability filing on FMCSA's record: Jul 2025
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Mar 16, 2026)

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
  • Texas (HQ) 2
  • Arkansas 1
  • Idaho 1
  • Kansas 1
  • Louisiana 1
  • Minnesota 1
  • Oregon 1
  • Utah 1