HILLIS BROTHERS TRUCKING INC

DOT# 577771 MC# 280583 Morley, MI Authorized For-Hire
(231) 856-7875 dkelley@hillisbros.com 1060 190th Avenue, Morley MI 49336
7 tractors · all owned 6 drivers 371k mi/yr · ~53k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 71.2 / 100
Low confidence
32 yrs history · 11 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
7
Drivers · CDL
6 · 6
Annual miles
371k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 7 0 0 7
Trailers 12 4 0 16

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (01-30-2017) · 9 yr old
Registered
10-18-1994 (32 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
01-06-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
DEBRA KELLEY
Officer
DEBRA L KELLEY

Cargo

66.0
medium risk
Drive/Tow Away Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Other: OVERSIZED TANKS Farm Supplies Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Drive/Tow Away, 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 (pu6_9) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

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

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 6–9 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 1.6× as often as the median active fleet of 6–9 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.80×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.4
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.4 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.47× the rate expected for its inspections, but out-of-service orders 0.64× and violations 0.66×. Together they barely move its crash estimate: 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.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1

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
11
46% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
14.3%
1 of 7
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 11
National avg 6.7%
Violations
8
1 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 70,135 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.039
Inspections 1.36 1.41
Violations 0.57 1.44
Critical violations 0.07 0.26

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

8 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    4 · 1 OOS
    Lights 3 · Cargo securement 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Phone use 1 · Reckless / lane 1 · Speeding 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    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

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 · NORTH RIVER INSURANCE CO.
on record since Jan 25, 2023 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Nov 1994
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
Broker or forwarder bond
required · none on file
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Oct 23, 2018)

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) 9
  • Indiana 1
  • Texas 1