MCDONALD FARMS ENTERPRISES INC

DOT# 888221 MC# 774650 Frederick, CO Authorized For-Hire
(713) 413-9400 jcoe@wrmco.com 7440 E I-25 Frontage Rd, Frederick CO 80516
67 power units · all owned 62 drivers
Intrastate Only
Strong
FRED Score 80.0 / 100
Moderate confidence
26 yrs history · 40 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
67
Drivers · CDL
62 · 42
Annual miles
1.1M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 12 0 0 12
Tractors 55 0 0 55
Trailers 137 0 0 137

Registration

FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (03-12-2010) · 16 yr old
Registered
06-20-2000 (26 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-05-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
JOHN COE
Officer
JOHN PALERMO

Cargo

60.1
medium risk
Machinery/Large Objects Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Fresh Produce Other: POTABLE WATER Grain/Feed/Hay Dry Bulk Farm Supplies Construction Water Well Coal/Coke Garbage/Refuse
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, 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.

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 one state. Roadside inspections are rarer for intrastate fleets than for interstate ones, so this record rests mainly on crash reports, which states file for intrastate trucks too.

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.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.6× as often as the median active fleet of 50–99 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.70×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.1 vs 1.6 for similar fleets
Likely 0–3 crashes
This motor carrier
1.1
Similar fleets
1.6
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~3%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Lower so far, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year); similar fleets have about 1.6 a year. Too short a record to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 11% below typical. The grade counts 5 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.38×, out-of-service orders 0.42× and violations 0.49× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -21%.

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.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Strengths
  • 2 crashes in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 5.3% vs 22.3% national; driver 0.0% 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, Dec 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
40
75% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
5.3%
1 of 19
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 40
National avg 6.7%
Violations
19
1 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 50–99 trucks in Colorado (about 35 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 8 inspections, 0 out of service 8 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 7 inspections, 1 out of service 7 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 6 inspections, 0 out of service 6 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 6 inspections, 0 out of service 6 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q3 '26
vs 4,155 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.015 0.026
Inspections 0.50 0.97
Violations 0.14 0.56
Critical violations 0.01 0.11

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

What they get cited for

19 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    17 · 1 OOS
    Lights 5 · Brakes 4 · Cargo securement 2 · Other parts 6
  • Hours of service No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 2
  • Unsafe driving 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
2 crashes
  • Jul
    15
    2025
    Colorado
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Mar
    13
    2025
    Colorado
    Property damage only
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$2,000,000 · Old Republic Insurance Company
on record since Mar 1, 2021 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Sep 2011
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 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 Feb 24, 2012)

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 (HQ) 38
  • Wyoming 2

Mostly inspected in its home state (95%).