JOHNSON SEED & GRAIN SERVICES LLC

DOT# 976048 MC# 931434 Aplington, IA Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(319) 347-6364 17335 130th St, Aplington IA 50604
18 power units · all owned 19 drivers 460k mi/yr · ~26k per unit
Satisfactory Provisional: the filed fleet isn't backed up by the roadside record (only 4 of the 18 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months), so the grade can't lean on this motor carrier's own history until the fleet size is confirmed.
FRED Score 71.3 / 100
Prior-only confidence
25 yrs history · 5 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
18
Drivers · CDL
19 · 12
Annual miles
460k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 10 0 0 10
Tractors 8 0 0 8
Trailers 10 0 0 10

Registration

Organization
INDIVIDUAL
Registered
09-04-2001 (25 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-06-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
ERIC JOHNSON

Cargo

20.8
minimal risk
Other: SEED VAC, FERTILIZER Grain/Feed/Hay Farm Supplies

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 18 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 4 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.

Too little record to tell how this motor carrier's crash rate compares with similar fleets.

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 0.80×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.4
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.4 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.92× the rate expected for its inspections, but violations 0.67× and out-of-service orders 0.72×. Together they barely move its crash estimate: 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.

  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 4 of the 18 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (5 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 18 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1

Track record

FMCSA record, Jan 2025 – May 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
5
0% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
—
no inspections
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 5
National avg 6.7%
Violations
5
0 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26
vs 1,147 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.023
Inspections 0.17 0.66
Violations 0.14 0.54
Critical violations 0.08 0.08

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

What they get cited for

5 violations · 24 months
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    5 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 2 · Seat belt 1 · Other 2
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Vehicle maintenance 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 · GRINNELL MUTUAL REINSURANCE CO.
on record since Aug 30, 2019 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Aug 2015
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
  • 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 30, 2020)

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
  • Iowa (HQ) 5