TG MERCER CONSULTING SERVICES INC

DOT# 854520 MC# 366150 Houston, TX Authorized For-Hire
dwaustin@nhplc.com 1608 Margaret St, Houston TX 77093
65 power units · all owned 20 drivers
Satisfactory
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Low confidence
26 yrs history · 18 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
65
Drivers · CDL
20 · 20
Annual miles
700k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 1 0 0 1
Tractors 64 0 0 64
Trailers 122 0 0 122

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
02-11-2000 (26 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-12-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
DARYL AUSTIN

Cargo

60.9
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Intermodal Containers Oilfield Equipment Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Fresh Produce Beverages Other: PIPE Grain/Feed/Hay Dry Bulk Paper Products Utility Farm Supplies Construction Water Well Coal/Coke Garbage/Refuse Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, Oilfield Equipment, General Freight, Refrigerated Food, Meat

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.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.61× similar fleets) would put it in Strong; this rule holds it at Satisfactory:

  • Held one band lower (interim): the filed fleet isn't corroborated roadside — see Exposure Unverified below

The downside is never capped.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 65 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 12 units seen in 24 months, 0.14 inspections per filed unit-year. The grade's relativity to class is unchanged; its confidence tier is cut to reflect the unverified exposure, and until the fleet is confirmed an Excellent grade shows as Strong and a Strong as Satisfactory. Verify the fleet size before relying on the crash expectation.

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 lower than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 50–99 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 0.61×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.7 vs 1.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.7
Similar fleets
1.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 1.2 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.36×, violations 0.58× and out-of-service orders 0.76× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -16%.

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.

  • Cargo securement and brakes
    Cargo securement are 6 of 10 violations (60%). Cargo securement or brake defects led to 2 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 12 of the 65 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (18 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 65 are running. Its grade is held one band lower until the fleet is confirmed.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule (the MCS-150 was last updated Mar 2026).
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • 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, Jan 2025 – Apr 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
18
72% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
18.2%
2 of 11
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 18
National avg 6.7%
Violations
10
2 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 50–99 trucks in Texas (about 103 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 6 inspections, 1 out of service 6 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '26
vs 4,155 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.008 0.026
Inspections 0.16 0.97
Violations 0.08 0.56
Critical violations 0.00 0.11

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 50–99 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

10 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    10 · 2 OOS
    Cargo securement 6 · Brakes 1 · Other parts 3
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • 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
  • Oct
    17
    2025
    Colorado
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

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 · OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since May 1, 2023 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jan 1999
Cargo filing
on file · AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY since Aug 25, 2009
Broker or forwarder bond
$75,000 surety bond (BMC-84) · FEDERAL INSURANCE CO. since Sep 8, 2023
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Mar 10, 2023)

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
  • Colorado 14
  • Louisiana 3
  • Oklahoma 1