DEAN DREES

DBA: DAKOTA WILDLIFE

DOT# 481208 MC# 626986 Grand Forks, ND Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire
(701) 772-8833 dakotawildlife@aol.com 1148 13th St Ne, Grand Forks ND 58201-9500
2 tractors · all owned 2 drivers 200k mi/yr · ~100k per unit
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
34 yrs history · 4 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
2
Drivers · CDL
2 · 2
Annual miles
200k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 2 0 0 2
Trailers 6 0 0 6

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
04-24-1992 (34 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-05-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
DEAN DREES

Cargo

54.8
medium risk
Liquids/Gases Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Building Materials Fresh Produce Beverages Other: GRAVEL, BLACK DIRT, CONCRETE Grain/Feed/Hay Dry Bulk Paper Products Farm Supplies Construction Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, Refrigerated Food, Meat

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.

Not enough record to grade yet.

4 inspections and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

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.

80% likely range 0.11×–1.87×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.1 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
Most likely none
This motor carrier
0.1
Similar fleets
0.1

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 (2 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.1 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.61×, unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.71× and out-of-service orders 0.79× 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 estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Data flags
  • Limited inspection history
    Fewer than 5 roadside inspections on record, so there isn't enough data to score this motor carrier with high confidence — the score leans more on peers.

Track record

FMCSA record, Nov 2024 – Oct 2025 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
4
100% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
—
no inspections
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 4
National avg 6.7%
Violations
0
0 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in North Dakota (about 2 in 24 months would be typical; 40% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25
vs 57,530 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.043
Inspections 1.25 1.57
Violations 0.00 1.56
Critical violations 0.00 0.29

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

What they get cited for

0 violations · 24 months

No violations on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

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 May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
on record since Nov 22, 2008 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Nov 2007
Cargo filing
on file · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. since Nov 22, 2008
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 Nov 17, 2008)

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
  • Arizona 1
  • Minnesota 1
  • Ohio 1
  • South Dakota 1