TS RIDEOUT INC

DBA: COTTONWOOD MOTORS

DOT# 736889 MC# 564026 Salt Lake City, UT Authorized For-Hire
(801) 266-2008 jules_afa@hotmail.com 50 E Central Ave, Salt Lake City UT 84107
10 tractors · all owned 14 drivers 1.5M mi/yr · ~150k per unit
HazMat
Marginal
FRED Score 30.4 / 100
Low confidence
28 yrs history · 18 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
10
Drivers · CDL
14 · 14
Annual miles
1.5M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 10 0 0 10
Trailers 10 0 0 10

Registration

FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (03-24-2015) · 11 yr old
Registered
03-24-1998 (28 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
01-18-2024 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
TIMOTHY RIDEOUT

Cargo

76.5
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 70% 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 1.56×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.4 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.4
Similar fleets
0.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
About 1.6× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 3 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Out-of-service orders 1.27× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they barely move its crash estimate. 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
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Jul 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Falsified logs
    2 false-log violations in 24 months.
    Ask: how hours are audited against ELD and fuel records.
Strengths
  • 3 crashes in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Jan 2025 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
3
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
18
67% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
40.0%
2 of 5
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
5.6%
1 of 18
National avg 6.7%
Violations
9
3 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: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 4 inspections, 2 out of service 4 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '26
vs 1,440 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.150 0.026
Inspections 1.40 0.75
Violations 0.45 0.50
Critical violations 0.25 0.10

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

What they get cited for

9 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    4 · 2 OOS
    Lights 2 · Cargo securement 1 · Other parts 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    False log 2 · Logbook / ELD paperwork 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 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
3 crashes
  • May
    14
    2025
    Utah
    Property damage only
    Wet road, daylight, rain.
  • Mar
    18
    2025
    Arizona
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
  • Jan
    14
    2025
    California
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.

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)
$1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
on record since Mar 30, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Aug 2006
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY → GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. (Mar 2025)
  • 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 L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Aug 16, 2022)

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
  • Utah (HQ) 10
  • Nevada 4
  • Arizona 3
  • California 1