HI-LINE MOVING SERVICES INC

DOT# 877828 MC# 297732 Great Falls, MT Authorized For-Hire
(406) 455-8610 safety@hilinemoving.com 4500 North Star Blvd, Great Falls MT 59405
45 power units 38 drivers
Satisfactory
FRED Score 72.7 / 100
Moderate confidence
26 yrs history · 60 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
45
Drivers · CDL
38 · 38
Annual miles
531k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 4 0 0 4
Tractors 15 24 2 41
Trailers 114 0 0 114

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (12-01-2015) · 10 yr old
Registered
05-03-2000 (26 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
06-16-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
JENNIFER PATERA
Officer
GREGORY LINDSTROM

Cargo

67.0
medium risk
Household Goods General Freight
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, Household Goods

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 an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate 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.

This motor carrier 0.78×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.0 vs 1.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–3 crashes
This motor carrier
1.0
Similar fleets
1.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~3%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Lower so far, not yet proven. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 1.3 a year. Too short a record to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 13% below typical. 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 0.56× and violations 0.79× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -9%: 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
    3 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 no valid CDL, 1 hours of service (May 2025 – Apr 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Falsified logs
    2 false-log violations in 24 months.
    Ask: how hours are audited against ELD and fuel records.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 15.2% vs 22.3% national; driver 5.0% 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
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
60
62% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
15.2%
5 of 33
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
5.0%
3 of 60
National avg 6.7%
Violations
47
10 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Montana (about 47 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 8 inspections, 1 out of service 8 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 8 inspections, 0 out of service 8 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 7 inspections, 2 out of service 7 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 10 inspections, 2 out of service 10 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 11 inspections, 1 out of service 11 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 5 inspections, 1 out of service 5 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 6 inspections, 1 out of service 6 Q3 '26
vs 10,543 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.011 0.029
Inspections 1.21 1.12
Violations 0.52 0.78
Critical violations 0.11 0.15

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

What they get cited for

47 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    38 · 7 OOS
    Brakes 13 · Lights 6 · Cargo securement 4 · Tires 4 · Steering & suspension 3 · 8 more
  • Hours of service No alert
    5 · 1 OOS
    False log 2 · Logbook / ELD paperwork 1 · No log 1 · Over hours limit 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Phone use 1 · Other 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    2 · 2 OOS
    No valid CDL 2
  • 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
  • Dec
    21
    2025
    Virginia
    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 Nov 7, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Vanliner Insurance Company
on record since Oct 1, 2023 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Feb 1996
Cargo filing
required · on file · Vanliner Insurance Company since Oct 1, 2023
36 months to Nov 7, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Dec 11, 1996)

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
  • Alaska 22
  • Montana (HQ) 12
  • New Mexico 4
  • North Carolina 3
  • South Dakota 3
  • Colorado 2
  • North Dakota 2
  • Washington 2

20% of inspections were in its home state.