RIEDSTRA TRANSPORT LTD

DOT# 529243 MC# 264914 Middleville, MI Authorized For-Hire
(616) 291-7368 bert@riedstra.us 5864 Cherry Valley Rd, Middleville MI 49333
2 tractors · all owned 2 drivers 110k mi/yr · ~55k per unit
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
33 yrs history · 1 roadside inspection

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
2
Drivers · CDL
2 · 1
Annual miles
110k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 2 0 0 2
Trailers 14 0 0 14

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Cargo Operation
Interstate
Scope
Interstate (Beyond 100 miles), Intrastate (Beyond 100 miles)
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (06-08-2011) · 15 yr old
Registered
07-06-1993 (33 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
01-01-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
EGBERT RIEDSTRA

Cargo

62.2
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Grain/Feed/Hay Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, 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 (pu2_5) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Not enough record to grade yet.

1 inspection and 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one. It leans worse than similar fleets (about a 60% chance), but not by enough to grade.

Similar fleets: for-hire 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 0.40×–2.77×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.1 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.1
Similar fleets
0.1

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-3 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 (2 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.1 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 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
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
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, Jun 2026 – Jun 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
1
100% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
—
no inspections
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 1
National avg 6.7%
Violations
0
0 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26
vs 70,135 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.250 0.039
Inspections 0.25 1.41
Violations 0.00 1.44
Critical violations 0.00 0.26

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 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
  • Jan
    24
    2026
    Michigan
    Property damage only
    Ice road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

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 Mar 1, 2021 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Mar 1993
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
Broker or forwarder bond
$75,000 surety bond (BMC-84) · Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company since Oct 1, 2024
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Apr 26, 2013)

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) 1