BRUCE ZEBEDEE

DBA: BRUCE ZEBEDEE TRUCKING

DOT# 656158 MC# 308360 Estherville, IA Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(712) 330-3853 bzeb62@gmail.com 1090 - 375th Avenue, Estherville IA 51334
3 tractors 3 drivers 80k mi/yr · ~27k per unit
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
30 yrs history · 8 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
3
Drivers · CDL
3 · 3
Annual miles
80k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 2 1 0 3
Trailers 4 0 0 4

Registration

Organization
INDIVIDUAL
Registered
08-23-1996 (30 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
08-06-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
BRUCE ZEBEDEE

Cargo

53.9
medium risk
General Freight Other: SEED BEANS Grain/Feed/Hay Dry Bulk 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.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu2_5) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Not enough record to grade yet.

8 inspections and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 2–5 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

80% likely range 0.22×–1.72×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.1 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
Most likely none
This motor carrier
0.1
Similar fleets
0.1

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-8 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

Ask
Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (3 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.1 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.25× the rate expected for its inspections, but out-of-service orders 0.40×. Together they move its crash estimate -5%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Lights and cargo securement
    Lights are 6 of 15 violations (40%).
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.

Track record

FMCSA record, Jan 2025 – Mar 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
8
38% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 3
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 8
National avg 6.7%
Violations
15
0 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q1 '26
vs 70,135 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.039
Inspections 1.50 1.41
Violations 2.50 1.44
Critical violations 0.17 0.26

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

15 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    11 · 0 OOS
    Lights 6 · Cargo securement 1 · Other parts 4
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 2 · Phone use 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 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 Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Auto-Owners Insurance Company
on record since Apr 2, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Sep 1997
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
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. → Auto-Owners Insurance Company (Apr 2024)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer, replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Dec 4, 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
  • Iowa (HQ) 6
  • South Dakota 2