MONTANA TROLLEY CO

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Book with caution — review signals below

No hard OOS / revoked / uninsured blocker, but elevated risk signals need a human look before booking.

Caution

Review these

Violations per Inspection above national average 8.00 vs 1.80 national (+6.20).
SMS BASIC alert threshold exceeded HOS, Driver Fitness, Controlled Substances, Vehicle Maintenance

On file

OOS rate better than size peers

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Plain-text risk summary (print / paste)

TruckCodex risk summary — MONTANA TROLLEY CO (USDOT 4384687)
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

Blockers:
  (none)

Cautions:
  • Violations per Inspection above national average — 8.00 vs 1.80 national (+6.20).
  • SMS BASIC alert threshold exceeded — HOS, Driver Fitness, Controlled Substances, Vehicle Maintenance

On file:
  • OOS rate better than size peers

Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/4384687/
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.

USDOT 4384687 Active AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE Company officer: DONALD SCOTT DAVIS Passengers Based in KALISPELL, MT

FMCSA census as of Sep 1, 2026 · Sources · Freshness

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.

A confidence 60% · 3/5 signals · expand

Authority / census

Active · 100/100

Active census status with no OOS order or revoked authority on file.

Insurance / BIPD

Insurance/BIPD signal not resolved for this carrier.

NR reason: No active policies and no uninsured flag to score against.

OOS vs peers

Safer than peers · 100/100

Driver OOS 0% vs peer median 0% (neutral). Vehicle OOS 0% vs peer median 5.15% (better). n=106759 same-size ACTIVE peers.

FMCSA safety rating

Unrated

FMCSA has not assigned this carrier a formal safety rating. We do not invent one.

NR reason: No published FMCSA safety_rating.

Insurance-watch tier

Not on watch · 100/100

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.

Field change history →

Operating authority

No authority breakdown on file.

Insurance

No active policies on file.

BOC-3 agent

No BOC-3 filing on file.

Company profile

Company details

USDOT 4384687

In FMCSA records since Mar 27, 2025 (~1y)

Company officer DONALD SCOTT DAVIS

Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Cargo carried

Passengers

Fleet size 8 units

Drivers 8

Annual mileage 1,000 mi

Contact & address

Phone: (406) 752-1523

Email: [email protected]

Physical

448 5TH AVE W

KALISPELL, MT 59901

Mailing

5555 MT HIGHWAY 35

KALISPELL, MT 59901

Registration & safety rating

USDOT 4384687

In FMCSA records since Mar 27, 2025 (~1y)

Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Annual mileage (MCS-150) 1,000 mi

vs. National Average

Vehicle OOS Rate 0.0% vs 23.4% -23.4 pts

Driver OOS Rate 0.0% vs 6.7% -6.7 pts

Violations per Inspection 8.00 vs 1.80 +6.20

Peer tier (small fleets (≤10 power units)) median OOS rate: 50%

FMCSA cargo filing (BMC-34/83)

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.

Broker bond / trust (BMC-84/85)

No active broker surety bond or trust fund on file.

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.

Inspections (24 months)

All 4 inspections →

	Driver	Vehicle	Hazmat
Inspections	4	4	0
OOS inspections	0	3	0
OOS percentage	0%	75%	—
National average	6.7%	23.4%	4.4%

Roadside inspections in the last 24 months. National averages are FMCSA MCSAP reference rates (driver ~6.7%, vehicle ~23.4%, hazmat ~4.4%).

Power Units

Drivers

Inspections

FMCSA roadside history on file

OOS Rate (peak)

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Crashes (24m)

Authorities

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.

Risk intelligence

MONTANA TROLLEY CO had 4 roadside inspections over the past 24 months with an out-of-service rate of 75.0%, which is above the national average of 19.3%. Their highest FMCSA BASIC percentile is vehicle_maint at 23.0.

Inspection profile

4 roadside inspections over the last 24 months, most heavily in MT (4 stops).

Violation profile

75.0% out-of-service rate, well above the 19.3% national average; led by Vehicle Maintenance (28.6% of violations).

Fleet profile

The fleet comprises 8 power units (small fleet) and 8 drivers; GMC, Chevrolet, and Dodge are the most-inspected makes.

Risk Signals

BASIC alerts active

Alert thresholds exceeded in: HOS Compliance, Driver Fitness, Controlled Substances, Vehicle Maintenance.

Out-of-Service rate vs same-size peers FMCSA roadside inspections, % placed out-of-service

Compared against 106,759 ACTIVE carriers operating 4–12 power units (±50% of this carrier's 8 unit fleet).

This carrier — Driver OOS

Drivers placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

Median across 106,759 same-size peers

Verdict

On par with peers

Delta 0 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

This carrier — Vehicle OOS

Vehicles placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

5.15%

Median across 106,759 same-size peers

Verdict

Safer than peers

Delta -5.15 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

Inspection Analytics Monthly activity · BASIC mix · state map

Monthly Inspection Activity (1 months)

2025-04 2025-04

Violations by BASIC Category

Federal BASIC buckets for every citation issued against this carrier over the past 24 months.

Activity by State

States this carrier has been inspected in over the past 24 months.

State	Inspections	OOS	OOS %	Last Inspection
Montana (MT)	4	3	75.0%	Apr 30, 2025

Vehicle Fleet Top makes and models observed in roadside inspections

Make	Model	Inspections
GMC		2
Chevrolet		1
Dodge		1

SMS BASIC Scores FMCSA Safety Measurement System per-BASIC scores

BASIC	Inspections	Serious	Measure	Percentile	Alert	As Of
Driver Fitness	0	—	0.00	0	—	Aug 31, 2026
Controlled Substances / Alcohol	0	—	0.00	0	—	Aug 31, 2026
Hours of Service	0	—	0.00	0	—	Aug 31, 2026
Unsafe Driving	0	—	0.00	0	—	Aug 31, 2026
Vehicle Maintenance	4	—	22.50	23	—	Aug 31, 2026

Higher percentiles indicate worse performance relative to peer carriers. Carriers at or above the FMCSA intervention threshold are marked ALERT.

Recent Inspections (4 rows) View all 4 →

Inspection #	Date ▼	State	Level	Station	Vehicle	Violations	Top Codes	OOS
84575659	Apr 30, 2025	MT	5	EVERGREEN MT	Dodge BUS MT 723419E · M60DA8T504207	7	393.83C-ELGPB, 393.62-BENM, 393.9A-LBL	Yes
84575601	Apr 30, 2025	MT	5	EVERGREEN MT	CHEVROLET BUS MT 719254E · 1GBJP37M3B3318310	4	393.83C-ELGPB, 390.21TB2-DOT, 393.60C	Yes
84575459	Apr 30, 2025	MT	5	EVERGREEN MT	SPECIALTY VEHICLE MFG CORP BUS Ticket: GMC MT 717424C · 1S96GMR3BXC143117	14	393.75A3-TAOL, 393.83D-ELNGPB, 396.3A1-BOS	Yes
84574639	Apr 30, 2025	MT	5	EVERGREEN MT	GMC BUS MT 775132B · 1GDJP37WXH3501561	7	393.81-H, 393.9A-LBL, 393.62-BEND	No

Top Stations & Violation Codes Where this carrier gets inspected and what they get cited for

Most-Inspected Stations

Station	State	Inspections	OOS
EVERGREEN MT	MT	4	3

Related Records Cross-references to every adjacent page

Field change history

Field change history
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