JKL CONSTRUCTION INC

DOT# 550641 MC# 308147 DUNS# 121760532 Plains, KS Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(620) 563-9382 brittany@jklcon.net 100 W Greensboro St, Plains KS 67869
39 power units · all owned 36 drivers
HazMat
Satisfactory Provisional: the filed fleet isn't backed up by the roadside record (only 5 of the 39 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months), so the grade can't lean on this motor carrier's own history until the fleet size is confirmed.
FRED Score 73.4 / 100
Prior-only confidence
32 yrs history · 7 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
39
Drivers · CDL
36 · 9
Annual miles
230k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 6 0 0 6
Tractors 33 0 0 33
Trailers 28 0 0 28

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (02-09-2009) · 17 yr old
Registered
02-15-1994 (32 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-11-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
RON EAKES

Cargo

62.8
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects General Freight Building Materials Other: CONCRETRE Dry Bulk 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.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 39 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 5 units seen in 24 months, 0.09 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).

Too little record to tell how this motor carrier's crash rate compares with similar fleets.

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 0.78×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.4 vs 0.6 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.4
Similar fleets
0.6
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.6 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Violations 2.53× and out-of-service orders 1.95× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +14%: 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.

  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Jul 2026).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 5 of the 39 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (7 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 39 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
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, Jan 2025 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
7
43% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
75.0%
3 of 4
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
14.3%
1 of 7
National avg 6.7%
Violations
24
8 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 11,996 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.027
Inspections 0.12 1.02
Violations 0.31 0.71
Critical violations 0.05 0.14

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

What they get cited for

24 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    21 · 7 OOS
    Lights 7 · Brakes 3 · Cargo securement 2 · Tires 1 · Wheels & hubs 1 · 7 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Phone use 1 · Other 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Hours of service 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)
$750,000 · ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Jan 1, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since May 2015
Cargo filing
on file · COLUMBIA NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY since May 29, 2015
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: COLUMBIA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY → ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Jan 2024)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer; 1 took effect (the last Jan 1, 2024, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jan 8, 2024)

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
  • Kansas (HQ) 6
  • Oklahoma 1