HARDRIVES CONSTRUCTION INC

DBA: HARDRIVES CONSTRUCTION

DOT# 867331 MC# 1321811 Billings, MT Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(406) 245-3128 hardrives@hardrives-asphalt.com 2908 S 64 St West, Billings MT 59106
19 power units · all owned 25 drivers
HazMat
Satisfactory
FRED Score 71.9 / 100
Low confidence
26 yrs history · 7 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
19
Drivers · CDL
25 · 12
Annual miles
250k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 16 0 0 16
Tractors 3 0 0 3
Trailers 17 0 0 17

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (10-05-2004) · 22 yr old
Registered
03-28-2000 (26 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
10-23-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
JAMES BAILEY

Cargo

61.9
medium risk
Machinery/Large Objects Liquids/Gases General Freight Building Materials Other: GRAVEL Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, 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 lower than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire 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 0.79×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.4 vs 0.5 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.4
Similar fleets
0.5
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.5 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Out-of-service orders 1.77× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +3%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

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 (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
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, May 2025 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
7
29% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
60.0%
3 of 5
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
28.6%
2 of 7
National avg 6.7%
Violations
10
6 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 16,659 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.031
Inspections 0.26 1.11
Violations 0.26 0.89
Critical violations 0.11 0.17

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

What they get cited for

10 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    7 · 4 OOS
    Brakes 3 · Wheels & hubs 2 · Cargo securement 1 · Other parts 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    2 · 1 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Unsafe driving 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

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

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)
$750,000 · THE PHOENIX INSURANCE CO
on record since Jan 1, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000
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
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer; 1 took effect (the last Feb 1, 2025, replaced 334 days later)
  • 9 days without a liability filing (Feb 1, 2025 – Feb 10, 2025) while the authority required one; a later back-dated filing can close a lapse

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

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
  • Montana (HQ) 3
  • Wyoming 3
  • Florida 1