PALMER BUS SERVICE OF SHAKOPEE INC

DOT# 852900 Shakopee, MN Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(507) 385-3659 shanej@palmerbusservice.com 730 W Third Ave, Shakopee MN 55379
100 power units 74 drivers
Intrastate Only
Not graded

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
100
Drivers · CDL
74 · 74
Annual miles
1M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
02-03-2000 (26 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-13-2020 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
SHANE JOHNSON
Officer
CHRISTOPHER CHAMPLIN

Cargo

50.0
medium risk

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

Not Graded

Not graded: passenger operation. The FRED Score is a property-carrier model; a passenger model is a separate study.

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).

Stale MCS-150 Filing

This motor carrier has not updated their MCS-150 in over 3 years. Reported mileage and fleet size may be outdated.

Intrastate operation

Runs within Minnesota only. Intrastate fleets in Minnesota are inspected about 1 a year for every 23 trucks; interstate fleets, about 1 a year for every 2 trucks. So this record rests mainly on crash reports, which states file for intrastate trucks too, and few inspections are ordinary here.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Strengths
  • 4 crashes in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 30.6% for intrastate motor carriers; driver 0.0% vs 8.5%.
  • 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, Sep 2024 – Jan 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
4
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
15
100% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 14
Intrastate avg 30.6%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 15
Intrastate avg 8.5%
Violations
0
0 out-of-service

Inspected more often than intrastate fleets of 100–199 trucks in Minnesota (about 8 in 24 months would be typical; 51% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 6 inspections.
vs 115 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.020 0.009
Inspections 0.10 0.21
Violations 0.00 0.08
Critical violations 0.00 0.01

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: intrastate fleets, 100–199 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

0 violations · 24 months

No violations on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
4 crashes
  • Dec
    5
    2025
    Minnesota
    Property damage only
    Snow road, daylight, snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Nov
    10
    2025
    Minnesota
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Apr
    15
    2025
    Minnesota
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.
  • Dec
    19
    2024
    Minnesota
    Property damage only
    Ice road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier. Citation issued.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.

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
  • Minnesota (HQ) 15