EROSION CONTROL PLUS INC

DOT# 447789 MC# 253805 Winnebago, MN Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(507) 893-3313 donnabrown@bluevalleysod.com 524 Main Street South, Winnebago MN 56098
25 power units · all owned 8 drivers
Marginal
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Low confidence
35 yrs history · 5 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
25
Drivers · CDL
8 · 8
Annual miles
150k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 10 0 0 10
Tractors 15 0 0 15
Trailers 15 0 0 15

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (08-23-1994) · 32 yr old
Registered
06-05-1991 (35 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
09-27-2024 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
ROBERT D WEERTS

Cargo

25.7
low risk
Building Materials Other: SOD SEWER PIPE Grain/Feed/Hay Construction

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 25 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 6 units seen in 24 months, 0.08 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).

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: 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 1.87×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.87× 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 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
0.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
About 1.9× 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 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
About typical. Out-of-service orders, violations and unsafe-driving or hours-of-service violations are all close to the rate expected for its inspections.

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 2 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 6 of the 25 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (5 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 25 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule.
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, Nov 2024 – Apr 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 2 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
5
80% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
—
no inspections
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 5
National avg 6.7%
Violations
1
0 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 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: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '26
vs 721 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.060 0.019
Inspections 0.12 0.53
Violations 0.02 0.27
Critical violations 0.02 0.05

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

What they get cited for

1 violation · 24 months
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • 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
  • Apr
    14
    2026
    Iowa
    Injury · 2 people hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Sep
    30
    2025
    Minnesota
    Property damage only
    Sandmuddirtoil or gravel road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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$750,000 · WESTERN NATIONAL MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
on record since Nov 28, 2016 · FMCSA minimum $750,000
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
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jan 4, 2017)

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
  • Minnesota (HQ) 2
  • South Dakota 2
  • Iowa 1