TRUES SERVICE INC

DOT# 498960 MC# 258403 Dowagiac, MI Authorized For-Hire
(269) 782-2131 truesbilling@gmail.com 725 North Front Street, Dowagiac MI 49047
11 power units · all leased 8 drivers 525k mi/yr · ~48k per unit
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
34 yrs history · 5 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
11
Drivers · CDL
8 · 5
Annual miles
525k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 8 0 8
Tractors 0 3 0 3
Trailers 0 4 0 4

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (07-15-1996) · 30 yr old
Registered
09-23-1992 (34 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
08-30-2024 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
ROBERT TRUE JR
Officer
ROBERT TRUE SR

Cargo

75.2
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away General Freight
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, 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.

Not enough record to grade yet.

5 inspections and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one. It leans better than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but not by enough to grade.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 10–19 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 0.26×–1.66×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.3

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-8 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

Ask
Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (11 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.3 a year. The grade counts 1 crash in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.42× and out-of-service orders 1.28× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +6%.

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.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.

Track record

FMCSA record, Dec 2024 – Jan 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
5
40% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 1
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
20.0%
1 of 5
National avg 6.7%
Violations
4
1 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks in Michigan (about 10 in 24 months would be typical).

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: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 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 1,193 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.028
Inspections 0.23 0.80
Violations 0.18 0.56
Critical violations 0.05 0.12

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 10–19 power units, high-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

4 violations · 24 months
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 2 · Speeding 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    Medical certificate 1
  • Hours of service 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

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 · FREMONT INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Oct 7, 2023 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jan 1992
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: CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY → FREMONT INSURANCE COMPANY (Oct 2023)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jul 2, 2012)

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
  • Michigan (HQ) 3
  • Indiana 2