CLASSEN'S CRANE SERVICE LLC

DOT# 558750 Waterford, VT Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(802) 748-2775 CLASSENCRANE@OUTLOOK.COM 3106 Rt 18, Waterford VT 05819
14 power units · all owned 12 drivers
HazMat
Marginal
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Low confidence
32 yrs history · 7 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
14
Drivers · CDL
12 · 10
Annual miles
94k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 12 0 0 12
Tractors 2 0 0 2
Trailers 7 0 0 7

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
04-08-1994 (32 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
07-30-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
MICHAEL CLASSEN
Officer
MICHAEL CLASSEN

Cargo

25.8
low risk
Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Construction

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

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).

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

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.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.5× as often as the median active fleet of 10–19 trucks.

This motor carrier 1.57×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.57× 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
0.4 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.4
Similar fleets
0.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
About 1.6× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.2 a year. The grade counts 3 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Violations 1.35× the rate expected for its inspections, but unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.59×. Together they move its crash estimate -3%: 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
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
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, May 2025 – Apr 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
7
86% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
50.0%
1 of 2
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 7
National avg 6.7%
Violations
7
2 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks in Vermont (about 17 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '26
vs 550 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.071 0.023
Inspections 0.46 0.72
Violations 0.25 0.44
Critical violations 0.00 0.08

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

What they get cited for

7 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    7 · 2 OOS
    Brakes 3 · Cargo securement 1 · Tires 1 · Other parts 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • 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
  • Apr
    16
    2026
    Vermont
    Property damage only
    Daylight, one-way trafficway not divided.
  • Feb
    21
    2025
    Vermont
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, one-way trafficway not divided.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.

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
  • Vermont (HQ) 6
  • New Hampshire 1