SANDCO INC

DOT# 854925 Tallahassee, FL Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(850) 402-1111 cfirse@sandcofl.com 4708 Capital Circle Nw, Tallahassee FL 32303
42 power units · all owned 64 drivers
HazMat Intrastate Only
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
26 yrs history · 26 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
42
Drivers · CDL
64 · 26
Annual miles
562k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 31 0 0 31
Tractors 7 0 0 7
Trailers 9 0 0 9

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
02-14-2000 (26 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
08-25-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
BEHZAD GHAZVINI

Cargo

65.0
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Machinery/Large Objects Liquids/Gases Building Materials Other: DIRT, DEBRIS, GRAVEL Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Machinery Large

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).

Intrastate operation

Runs within Florida only. Intrastate fleets in Florida are inspected about 1 a year for every 7 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.

Not enough record to grade yet.

26 inspections and 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

Similar fleets: intrastate fleets of 20–49 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.5× as often as the median active fleet of 20–49 trucks.

80% likely range 0.40×–1.71×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.8 vs 0.8 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.8
Similar fleets
0.8

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-7 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

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Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (42 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 1 injury crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.8 a year. The grade counts 3 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.24× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -14%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Lights and cargo securement
    Lights are 8 of 21 violations (38%). Light or cargo securement defects led to 6 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Hazmat violations
    4 hazmat violations, 2 out of service.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 8.5% for intrastate motor carriers.
  • 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, Dec 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
26
62% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
41.7%
5 of 12
Intrastate avg 30.6%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 26
Intrastate avg 8.5%
Violations
21
8 out-of-service

Inspected more often than intrastate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Florida (about 11 in 24 months would be typical; 53% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 10 inspections, 0 out of service 10 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 2 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 6 inspections, 1 out of service 6 Q3 '26
vs 1,453 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.012 0.012
Inspections 0.63 0.32
Violations 0.25 0.29
Critical violations 0.01 0.05

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: intrastate fleets, 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

21 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    17 · 6 OOS
    Lights 8 · Cargo securement 4 · Brakes 1 · Other parts 4
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
  • Hazmat
    4 · 2 OOS
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
  • Nov
    12
    2024
    Florida
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

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
  • Florida (HQ) 26

Mostly inspected in its home state (100%).