LEGEND SEEDS INC

DOT# 633038 MC# 1592637 Desmet, SD Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(605) 854-3346 fleetproperty@legendseeds.net 103 Hwy 14 East, Desmet SD 57231
28 power units · all owned 19 drivers
Satisfactory
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Low confidence
30 yrs history · 8 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
28
Drivers · CDL
19 · 19
Annual miles
241k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 23 0 0 23
Tractors 5 0 0 5
Trailers 27 0 0 27

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
03-11-1996 (30 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
09-16-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
TIM BRATLAND
Officer
GLEN DAVIS

Cargo

55.1
medium risk
General Freight Other: CORN SOYBEAN SEEDS Grain/Feed/Hay Farm Supplies
High-Risk Cargo
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.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.68× similar fleets) would put it in Strong; this rule holds it at Satisfactory:

  • Held one band lower (interim): the filed fleet isn't corroborated roadside — see Exposure Unverified below

The downside is never capped.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 28 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 5 units seen in 24 months, 0.14 inspections per filed unit-year. The grade's relativity to class is unchanged; its confidence tier is cut to reflect the unverified exposure, and until the fleet is confirmed an Excellent grade shows as Strong and a Strong as Satisfactory. Verify the fleet size before relying on the crash expectation.

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 probably lower than similar fleets (about an 80% 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.

This motor carrier 0.68×
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
About typical. Out-of-service orders, violations and unsafe-driving or hours-of-service violations are all close to the rate expected for its inspections.

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.

  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 5 of the 28 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (8 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 28 are running. Its grade is held one band lower until the fleet is confirmed.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule (the MCS-150 was last updated Sep 2025).
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
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, Feb 2025 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
8
38% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
20.0%
1 of 5
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
12.5%
1 of 8
National avg 6.7%
Violations
11
3 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in South Dakota (about 31 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 10,543 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.029
Inspections 0.25 1.12
Violations 0.20 0.78
Critical violations 0.00 0.15

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

What they get cited for

11 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    9 · 2 OOS
    Lights 2 · Wheels & hubs 2 · Brakes 1 · Cargo securement 1 · Other parts 3
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Other 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No log 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)
primary $1,000,000 + excess $5,000,000 (total $6,000,000) · NATIONWIDE AGRIBUSINESS INSURANCE CO.
on record since Sep 13, 2005 · FMCSA minimum $750,000
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
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: NATIONWIDE AGRIBUSINESS INSURANCE CO. → RIVERPORT INSURANCE COMPANY (Sep 2023)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Dec 5, 2023)

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
  • South Dakota (HQ) 4
  • Iowa 2
  • Wisconsin 2