SKYLER ELECTRIC COMPANY INC

DOT# 834358 MC# 455886 Grass Valley, CA Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(530) 273-5100 lorrainey@skylerelectric.com 12911 Loma Rica Drive, Grass Valley CA 95945
16 power units · all owned 7 drivers
HazMat
Marginal
FRED Score 35.6 / 100
Low confidence
27 yrs history · 56 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
16
Drivers · CDL
7 · 4
Annual miles
230k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 10 0 0 10
Tractors 6 0 0 6
Trailers 19 0 0 19

Registration

Registered
10-20-1999 (27 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-10-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
DAVID FERGUSON

Cargo

67.5
medium risk
Machinery/Large Objects Livestock General Freight Building Materials Other: GEL CELL BATTERIES Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, Livestock, 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.

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 higher than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate 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 1.42×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.7 vs 0.5 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.7
Similar fleets
0.5
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
About 1.4× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year); similar fleets have about 0.5 a year. The grade counts 4 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
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. 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.

  • Drivers put out of service
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 1 hours of service, 1 no valid CDL (Jun 2025 – Nov 2025).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 18 of 56 violations (32%). Brake or light defects led to 3 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • 2 crashes in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 15.7% vs 22.3% national; driver 3.7% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • 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, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
56
48% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
15.7%
8 of 51
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
3.7%
2 of 54
National avg 6.7%
Violations
56
11 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks in California (about 49 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 6 inspections, 1 out of service 6 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 8 inspections, 3 out of service 8 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 10 inspections, 2 out of service 10 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 8 inspections, 0 out of service 8 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 7 inspections, 2 out of service 7 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 9 inspections, 1 out of service 9 Q3 '26
vs 14,144 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.062 0.034
Inspections 2.34 1.23
Violations 1.75 0.97
Critical violations 0.34 0.18

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

What they get cited for

56 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    47 · 9 OOS
    Brakes 18 · Lights 11 · Tires 6 · Steering & suspension 5 · Wheels & hubs 4 · 3 more
  • Hours of service No alert
    6 · 1 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 3 · No log 2 · Over hours limit 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 1 · Speeding 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
2 crashes
  • Jan
    13
    2025
    California
    Property damage only
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway not divided.
  • Oct
    14
    2024
    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)
$2,000,000 · LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.
on record since Mar 27, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Mar 2012
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: TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA → LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE 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
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Apr 2, 2025)

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
  • California (HQ) 47
  • Texas 3
  • Missouri 2
  • Nevada 2
  • Oklahoma 1
  • Washington 1

Mostly inspected in its home state (84%).