HOMEFRONT TRANSPORT INC

DOT# 632556 MC# 299545 Ottawa, IL Authorized For-Hire
(815) 434-2096 homefront.ap@yahoo.com 1955 N 35th Rd, Ottawa IL 61350
16 tractors · all leased 13 drivers 1.2M mi/yr · ~73k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Low confidence
30 yrs history · 7 roadside inspections
Upside capped

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
16
Drivers · CDL
13 · 13
Annual miles
1.2M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 0 16 0 16
Trailers 0 19 0 19

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (01-03-1997) · 29 yr old
Registered
03-06-1996 (30 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
09-16-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
JAMES STRUKEL

Cargo

65.7
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Mobile Homes Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Intermodal Containers Oilfield Equipment Livestock Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Fresh Produce Beverages Other: SAND Grain/Feed/Hay US Mail Dry Bulk Paper Products Utility Farm Supplies Construction Coal/Coke Garbage/Refuse
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, Mobile Homes, Machinery Large, Livestock, Oilfield Equipment, 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.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.75× similar fleets) would put it in Strong; this rule holds it at Satisfactory:

  • Strong withheld: the posterior is not confident enough that risk sits below 0.76× class

The downside is never capped.

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 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.

This motor carrier 0.75×
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%
Below 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
Better than peers. Violations 0.57× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -5%: 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.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Nov 2025 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
7
71% 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
2
1 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q4 '25
vs 16,659 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.031
Inspections 0.44 1.11
Violations 0.06 0.89
Critical violations 0.03 0.17

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

What they get cited for

2 violations · 24 months
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 1
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    Lights 1
  • 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

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Great West Casualty Co
on record since Apr 1, 2018 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Feb 1996
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
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Mar 6, 1996)

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
  • Illinois (HQ) 3
  • Indiana 2
  • Ohio 2