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DOT# 605232 MC# 813452 DUNS# 27280619 Burlington, WA Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(360) 757-6053 fleet@skagitfarmers.com 1833 Park Lane, Burlington WA 98233
96 power units · all owned 94 drivers
HazMat
Strong
FRED Score 90.0 / 100
Moderate confidence
31 yrs history · 84 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
96
Drivers · CDL
94 · 67
Annual miles
1.8M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 48 0 0 48
Tractors 24 0 0 24
Trailers 37 0 0 37

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
06-16-1995 (31 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-06-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
SALLY MERENZ
Officer
TOM BOLAND

Cargo

57.5
medium risk
Household Goods Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Liquids/Gases Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Beverages Grain/Feed/Hay Dry Bulk Paper Products Utility Farm Supplies Construction Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, Household Goods, 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.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.54× similar fleets) would put it in Excellent; this rule holds it at Strong:

  • Excellent withheld: a fatal crash inside the window

The downside is never capped.

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 about half that of similar fleets.

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 0.54×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.2 vs 2.1 for similar fleets
Likely 0–3 crashes
This motor carrier
1.2
Similar fleets
2.1
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. 1 fatal crash (2 deaths) on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 2.1 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.52× and out-of-service orders 0.69× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -9%: 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.

  • Fatal crash
    1 crash with 2 fatalities in 24 months (most recent Jan 1, 2025).
    Ask: the accident register and loss runs for these crashes.
  • Lapse in liability filings
    365 days without a liability filing on FMCSA's record (Sep 30, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026) while the authority required one. A filing received later can be back-dated and close a lapse. Not in the grade.
    Ask: what covered the fleet during the gap.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 12 of 47 violations (26%). Brake or light defects led to 6 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    32.3% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (10 of 31), but across all its inspections out-of-service orders are 0.69× what's expected for where and how it's inspected, the measure the grade uses.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1
  • 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 Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
2 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
84
69% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
32.3%
10 of 31
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 84
National avg 6.7%
Violations
47
11 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 11 inspections, 2 out of service 11 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 12 inspections, 2 out of service 12 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 11 inspections, 2 out of service 11 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 11 inspections, 1 out of service 11 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 11 inspections, 0 out of service 11 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 7 inspections, 1 out of service 7 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 6 inspections, 1 out of service 6 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 13 inspections, 1 out of service 13 Q3 '26
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 0.005 0.025
Inspections 0.65 0.91
Violations 0.24 0.53
Critical violations 0.04 0.11

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

What they get cited for

47 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    34 · 11 OOS
    Brakes 12 · Lights 10 · Steering & suspension 3 · Tires 3 · Cargo securement 2 · 4 more
  • Hours of service No alert
    7 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 6 · False log 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    6 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 2 · Seat belt 2 · Speeding 2
  • 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
  • Jan
    1
    2025
    Oregon
    Fatal · 2 deaths
    Snow road, dark - not lighted, snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
primary $1,000,000 + excess $4,000,000 (total $5,000,000) · Berkley Regional Insurance Company
on record since Sep 30, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • 365 days without a liability filing (Sep 30, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026) while the authority required one; a later back-dated filing can close a lapse

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Feb 7, 2013)

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
  • Washington (HQ) 58
  • Oregon 13
  • Montana 12
  • Idaho 1

69% of inspections were in its home state.