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S C BALLARD LLC

DOT# 754812 MC# 341185 Guilford, CT Authorized For-Hire
(203) 488-9346 laura@scballard.com 780 Maple Hill Road, Guilford CT 06437
65 tractors · all owned 56 drivers 3.7M mi/yr · ~57k per unit
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Marginal
FRED Score 37.1 / 100
Moderate confidence
28 yrs history · 73 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
65
Drivers · CDL
56 · 56
Annual miles
3.7M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 65 0 0 65
Trailers 120 4 0 124

Registration

Organization
INDIVIDUAL
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (09-28-2023) · 3 yr old
Registered
06-18-1998 (28 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
10-16-2024 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
SCOTT C. BALLARD

Cargo

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Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Liquids/Gases General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Other: WOOD CHIPS, WOOD Grain/Feed/Hay Dry Bulk Paper Products Farm Supplies Construction Coal/Coke Garbage/Refuse
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  • What drives the grade: crash history and roadside record
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  • How the grade is calculated, and its history week by week

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Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026
Crashes
4
0 fatalities · 3 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
73
47% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
31.8%
14 of 44
Driver out-of-service
2.7%
2 of 73
Violations
70
17 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 6 inspections, 0 out of service 6 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 9 inspections, 1 out of service 9 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 8 inspections, 5 out of service 8 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 11 inspections, 2 out of service 11 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 10 inspections, 3 out of service 10 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 7 inspections, 1 out of service 7 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 14 inspections, 2 out of service 14 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 7 inspections, 2 out of service 7 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
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What they get cited for

70 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    51 · 15 OOS
    Lights 18 · Brakes 11 · Tires 11 · Cargo securement 2 · Other parts 9
  • Hours of service No alert
    10 · 1 OOS
    False log 4 · Over hours limit 3 · Logbook / ELD paperwork 2 · No log 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    8 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 6 · Speeding 2
  • 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
  • Jul
    8
    2026
    Massachusetts
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Wet road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jun
    11
    2026
    Maryland
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jan
    15
    2026
    Delaware
    Property damage only
    Daylight, one-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.
  • Oct
    18
    2024
    North Carolina
    Injury · 2 people hurt
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier. FMCSA: not preventable.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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Liability (BIPD)
$2,000,000 · Old Republic Insurance Company
on record since Feb 1, 2018 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Apr 2005
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 7, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
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Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Rhode Island 19
  • Connecticut (HQ) 17
  • Massachusetts 9
  • Maryland 7
  • Delaware 6
  • Pennsylvania 6
  • New York 5
  • Ohio 2

23% of inspections were in its home state.

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