BLIZZARD TRUCKING LLC

DOT# 508348 MC# 256026 DUNS# 620108100 Weyers Cave, VA Authorized For-Hire
(540) 236-4284 kathyg@hermitagesafety.com 3584 Lee Highway, Weyers Cave VA 24486
13 tractors · all owned 19 drivers 3.2M mi/yr · ~246k per unit
Marginal
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Low confidence
34 yrs history · 22 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
13
Drivers · CDL
19 · 19
Annual miles
3.2M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 13 0 0 13
Trailers 27 0 0 27

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (03-20-2015) · 11 yr old
Registered
12-29-1992 (34 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-16-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
SHANDI ARBOGAST

Cargo

60.0
medium risk
Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Fresh Produce Dry Bulk
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.

High Utilization Fleet

This motor carrier reports 246,153 miles per power unit annually, which exceeds typical single-driver limits (~150,000–180,000 miles/year). This motor carrier is still rated, but the high utilization may indicate:

  • Team driving operations where trucks run nearly 24/7 with rotating drivers
  • Stale fleet count in MCS-150 (power units not updated while operations expanded)
  • Data entry anomaly in annual mileage reporting
  • Expedited/dedicated routes with unusually high truck utilization

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 90% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire 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.

This motor carrier 1.74×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.74× 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
1.1 vs 0.6 for similar fleets
Likely 0–3 crashes
This motor carrier
1.1
Similar fleets
0.6
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~3%
About 1.7× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 4 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 2 a year), including 3 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.6 a year. The grade counts 6 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.71×, out-of-service orders 1.47× and violations 1.42× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +13%: 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.

  • Injury crashes
    3 crashes with 3 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Brakes and tires
    Brakes are 9 of 23 violations (39%). Brake or tire defects led to 6 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 4.5% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
4
0 fatalities · 3 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
22
50% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
55.6%
5 of 9
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
4.5%
1 of 22
National avg 6.7%
Violations
23
8 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 5 inspections, 1 out of service 5 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 2 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 16,659 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.154 0.031
Inspections 1.12 1.11
Violations 0.88 0.89
Critical violations 0.35 0.17

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

What they get cited for

23 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    16 · 7 OOS
    Brakes 9 · Tires 4 · Lights 1 · Other parts 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    5 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 2 · Phone use 1 · Reckless / lane 1 · Seat belt 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    2 · 1 OOS
    False log 1 · Logbook / ELD paperwork 1
  • Driver fitness 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
  • Feb
    17
    2026
    Tennessee
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Nov
    16
    2025
    Virginia
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Aug
    15
    2025
    Georgia
    Property damage only
    Wet road, dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Mar
    10
    2025
    Virginia
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway not divided.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Great West Casualty Co
on record since Sep 7, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jul 2009
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
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: NAVIGATORS INSURANCE COMPANY → Great West Casualty Co (Sep 2024); NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY → NAVIGATORS INSURANCE COMPANY (Jul 2024)
  • 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 1 took effect (the last Jul 1, 2024, replaced the same day); 1 replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 2

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jul 1, 2009)

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
  • Tennessee 12
  • North Carolina 2
  • South Carolina 2
  • Texas 2
  • Arkansas 1
  • Louisiana 1
  • Virginia (HQ) 1
  • West Virginia 1

Runs well beyond its home state: 1 of 22 inspections were in Virginia.