ELITE CARRIERS LLC

DOT# 589271 MC# 286746 DUNS# 120634287 Merrill, WI Authorized For-Hire
(715) 536-5454 dispatchgroup1@elitecarriers.com N1545 County Rd W, Merrill WI 54452
70 tractors 70 drivers 7.4M mi/yr · ~106k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 74.1 / 100
Low confidence
31 yrs history · 26 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
70
Drivers · CDL
70 · 70
Annual miles
7.4M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 62 8 0 70
Trailers 300 0 0 300

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (09-18-2014) · 12 yr old
Registered
02-03-1995 (31 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-21-2024 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
KIRK ECKLUND
Officer
JUDY SCHRAUFNAGEL

Cargo

57.7
medium risk
Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Building Materials Fresh Produce Other: CAR PARTS Paper Products Construction
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.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 50–99 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 50–99 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.77×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.1 vs 1.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–3 crashes
This motor carrier
1.1
Similar fleets
1.4
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~3%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year); similar fleets have about 1.4 a year. The grade counts 4 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.39× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.72× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -10%: 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
  • 2 crashes in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Apr 2025 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
26
69% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
31.2%
5 of 16
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 26
National avg 6.7%
Violations
9
5 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 8 inspections, 2 out of service 8 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 10 inspections, 1 out of service 10 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 6 inspections, 2 out of service 6 Q2 '25
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 2 inspections.
vs 4,520 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.007 0.025
Inspections 0.51 0.91
Violations 0.06 0.53
Critical violations 0.05 0.11

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 50–99 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

9 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    6 · 5 OOS
    Tires 5 · Lights 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 1 · Other 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Over hours limit 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
2 crashes
  • Apr
    14
    2025
    Ohio
    Property damage only
    Daylight, one-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.
  • Oct
    9
    2024
    Pennsylvania
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.

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)
$1,000,000 · INTEGRITY INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Apr 30, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Sep 1999
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 1 took effect (the last May 30, 2025, not replaced on FMCSA's record); 1 replaced before it took effect
  • 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 1, 1999)

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
  • Wisconsin (HQ) 7
  • New York 3
  • Indiana 2
  • Kentucky 2
  • Missouri 2
  • New Mexico 2
  • Ohio 2
  • Connecticut 1

27% of inspections were in its home state.