J UNRUH TRUCKING INC

DBA: J UNRUH TRUCKING

DOT# 589772 MC# 225201 Scott City, KS Authorized For-Hire
(620) 275-2255 jwunruh@wbsnet.org 5401 W Road 270, Scott City KS 67871
40 tractors 42 drivers
Strong
FRED Score 83.2 / 100
Moderate confidence
31 yrs history · 77 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
40
Drivers · CDL
42 · 42
Annual miles
54M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 3 37 0 40
Trailers 0 58 0 58

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
02-07-1995 (31 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
01-09-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
KARI UNRUH
Officer
JERROLD UNRUH

Cargo

57.1
medium risk
Liquids/Gases Intermodal Containers Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Grain/Feed/Hay Dry Bulk
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.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears implausibly high for fleet size. 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 lower than similar fleets (about a 90% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate 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.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 1.6× as often as the median active fleet of 20–49 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.67×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.6 vs 2.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–4 crashes
This motor carrier
1.6
Similar fleets
2.4
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~4%
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 2.4 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Out-of-service orders 0.41×, violations 0.44× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.75× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -15%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

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
    3 out-of-service violations against drivers: 3 no valid CDL (Feb 2025 – Jan 2026).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Lights and tires
    Lights are 17 of 45 violations (38%). Light or tire defects led to 3 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • 2 crashes in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 7.1% vs 22.3% national; driver 3.9% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 3
  • High speeding: 6
  • 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, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
77
64% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
7.1%
3 of 42
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
3.9%
3 of 77
National avg 6.7%
Violations
45
6 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Kansas (about 36 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 7 inspections, 0 out of service 7 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 12 inspections, 1 out of service 12 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 11 inspections, 2 out of service 11 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 10 inspections, 2 out of service 10 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 11 inspections, 0 out of service 11 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 10 inspections, 1 out of service 10 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 8 inspections, 0 out of service 8 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 7 inspections, 0 out of service 7 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 10,543 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.025 0.029
Inspections 1.41 1.12
Violations 0.56 0.78
Critical violations 0.15 0.15

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

What they get cited for

45 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    28 · 3 OOS
    Lights 17 · Tires 5 · Brakes 2 · Cargo securement 1 · Other parts 3
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    12 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 6 · Reckless / lane 4 · Seat belt 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    4 · 3 OOS
    No valid CDL 4
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 1
  • 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
  • Aug
    3
    2026
    Kansas
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jun
    29
    2026
    Nebraska
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Great West Casualty Co
on record since Oct 31, 2018 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jan 1990
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) · American Contractors Indemnity Company since Jun 14, 2024
36 months to Nov 7, 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 Jun 28, 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) 35
  • Nebraska 19
  • Iowa 11
  • Missouri 3
  • Oklahoma 2
  • Texas 2
  • Illinois 1
  • Indiana 1

45% of inspections were in its home state.