BIG 3 FREIGHT LLC
DBA: BIG THREE BROKERAGE
Book with caution — review signals below
No hard OOS / revoked / uninsured blocker, but elevated risk signals need a human look before booking.
- No FMCSA cargo filing (BMC-34/83) on file Household-goods movers generally need BMC-34 cargo on file with FMCSA. Soft signal only — confirm on L&I before tendering HHG freight.
- Broker bond/trust on file · BMC-84 surety bond NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMP · BMC-84 surety bond or BMC-85 trust — not BIPD liability insurance Details →
- 1 active operating authority
- Insurance on file · $750,000 ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY · 91X Details →
- BOC-3 process agent on file INTERSTATE AUTHORITY LLC Details →
Plain-text risk summary (print / paste)
TruckCodex risk summary — BIG 3 FREIGHT LLC (USDOT 3504665) Verdict: CAUTION Book with caution — review signals below No hard OOS / revoked / uninsured blocker, but elevated risk signals need a human look before booking. Authority / census status: Active Active BIPD limit: $750,000 Blockers: (none) Cautions: • No FMCSA cargo filing (BMC-34/83) on file — Household-goods movers generally need BMC-34 cargo on file with FMCSA. Soft signal only — confirm on L&I before tendering HHG freight. On file: • Broker bond/trust on file · BMC-84 surety bond — NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMP · BMC-84 surety bond or BMC-85 trust — not BIPD liability insurance • 1 active operating authority • Insurance on file · $750,000 — ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY · 91X • BOC-3 process agent on file — INTERSTATE AUTHORITY LLC Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/3504665/ As of: Sep 1, 2026 Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before tendering — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.
TruckCodex · filing & peer scorecard
TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard · A
Composite of 3/5 scored components (mean 100/100). Separate from booking triage on this page. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating or legal advice.
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confidence 60% · 3/5 signals · expand
TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard · A
Composite of 3/5 scored components (mean 100/100). Separate from booking triage on this page. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating or legal advice.
Active census status with no OOS order or revoked authority on file.
Active BIPD/Primary-like policy on file in our insurance history.
Peer OOS benchmark unavailable (missing power units, OOS rates, or fewer than 5 same-size peers).
NR reason: getCarrierPeerSafety returned null.
FMCSA has not assigned this carrier a formal safety rating. We do not invent one.
NR reason: No published FMCSA safety_rating.
No BMC-91 insurance-lapse watch classification on file for this USDOT.
TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard from authority, BIPD, peer OOS, FMCSA safety rating, and insurance-watch signals. Not a booking verdict and not legal advice. See methodology. Booking triage on this page: Caution.
1 active liability filing · 1 bond/trust
Company profile
No active FMCSA cargo filing on file.
FMCSA L&I filing evidence — not a shipper certificate of insurance (COI). Cargo (BMC-34) is primarily an HHG / household-goods requirement; general freight carriers often have none.
BMC-84 is a surety bond; BMC-85 is a trust-fund agreement. Required for property brokers / freight forwarders — not motor-carrier BIPD liability insurance.
Authority active for at least 90 day
Setup URL (recorded 2026-08-27) · Evidence · Big 3 Freight details
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InsuranceNATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPPolicy effective Oct 31, 2024
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Process AgentINTERSTATE AUTHORITY LLCBOC-3 on file
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Operating AuthorityMC1157982ACTIVE
Carrier analysis & narrative context Status notes, risk intelligence, and safety profiles
Carrier is unrated
FMCSA has not assigned this carrier a formal safety rating. Use the inspection history and BASIC scores below to assess on-road performance.
Recent Inspections
No roadside inspections on file for this carrier in our FMCSA import window.
Public FMCSA inspection feeds cover roughly the last three years of roadside activity (not the full MCMIS archive). Older inspections — including those from before a carrier went inactive — are usually absent for every carrier, not just closed ones.
Authority Records (1 docket)
MC Certificate Documents (4 letters, 1 PDF available)
Authority Records (above) are FMCSA docket status and lifecycle events. MC Certificate Documents here are the archived PDF letters for each action — grants, reinstatements, revocations, name changes, and transfers. They are related but not the same dataset: one row per PDF letter, not one file per docket.
Each row is a distinct FMCSA letter (grant, reinstatement, revocation, name change, transfer, etc.). When a PDF is archived, click the link to open that letter. Rows without a link still show the action type and date from our index. FMCSA stopped publishing new daily certificate PDFs after the May 2026 Motus cutover — rows below are historical archive only.
Some letters share the same legacy archived file path — we show one PDF link for the primary document and list the other actions as metadata (type + date) until per-letter PDFs are re-extracted.
| Date | Docket | Action | Authority | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 2023 | MC1157982 | Name Change | Revocation | Metadata only |
| Feb 21, 2023 | MC1157982 | Name Change | Revocation | Metadata only |
| Jul 16, 2021 | MC1157982-C | Original MC Certificate | Revocation | Original MC Certificate → |
| Nov 30, 2020 | MC1157982-B | Original MC Certificate | Revocation | Metadata only |
Insurance Coverage Timeline (11 rows)
Every insurance policy on file, newest effective date first. Amber rows mark BIPD/Primary coverage gaps.
| Insurer | Policy # | Type | Limit | Effective | Cancel | Status |
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| NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMP | 7901223067 | 84 | — | Oct 31, 2024 | On file | ACTIVE |
| HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY | 10115040 | SURETY | — | Nov 23, 2023 | Nov 23, 2024 | CANCELLED |
| HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY | 10115040 | SURETY | — | Nov 23, 2023 | Oct 31, 2024 | REPLACED |
| ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY | CA950561067 | 91X | $750,000 | Feb 22, 2023 | On file | ACTIVE |
| HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY | 10115040 | SURETY | — | Nov 23, 2022 | Nov 23, 2023 | CANCELLED |
| HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY | 10115040 | SURETY | — | Nov 23, 2021 | Mar 27, 2023 | NAME CHANGED |
| HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY | 10115040 | SURETY | — | Nov 23, 2021 | Nov 23, 2022 | REPLACED |
| ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY | CA950561067 | BIPD/Primary | — | Jul 7, 2021 | Feb 22, 2023 | REPLACED |
| ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY | CA950561067 | BIPD/Primary | — | Jul 7, 2021 | Mar 27, 2023 | NAME CHANGED |
| HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY | 10115040 | SURETY | — | Nov 23, 2020 | Nov 27, 2021 | CANCELLED |
| HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY | 10115040 | SURETY | — | Nov 23, 2020 | Nov 23, 2021 | REPLACED |
Compliance Timeline Merged authority / insurance / enforcement events
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Nov 23, 2024insuranceTERM/CANCL — HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY
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Nov 7, 2024
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Oct 31, 2024insuranceTERM/REPL — HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY
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Nov 23, 2023insuranceCANCEL — HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY
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Nov 13, 2023
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Mar 27, 2023insuranceTERM/CANCL — HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY
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Mar 27, 2023insuranceTERM/CANCL — ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY
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Mar 3, 2023
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Feb 22, 2023insuranceTERM/REPL — ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY
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Nov 23, 2022insuranceTERM/REPL — HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY
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Nov 27, 2021insuranceTERM/CANCL — HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY
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Nov 23, 2021insuranceTERM/REPL — HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY
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Nov 2, 2021
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Jul 16, 2021
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Nov 30, 2020
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Docket MC1157982
common · ACTIVE · MC
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NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMP
84 policy on file
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HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY
SURETY policy on file
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ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY
91X policy on file
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INTERSTATE AUTHORITY LLC
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