SCHILLING BROTHERS LUMBER AND HARDWARE INC

DBA: SCHILLINGS

USDOT 544712 Active CORPORATION PRIVATE PROPERTY Company officer: FRANK E SCHILLING Company officer 2: DEAN SCHILLING Logs / Poles / Beams / Lumber Building Materials Based in SAINT JOHN, IN

Brokers & shippers · booking check

No hard blockers on file

Authority and insurance signals look clear in our data. Still verify live on FMCSA SAFER / L&I before tendering a load.

Clear to review

On file

OOS rate better than size peers

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Plain-text risk summary (print / paste)

TruckCodex risk summary — SCHILLING BROTHERS LUMBER AND HARDWARE INC (USDOT 544712)
Verdict: CLEAR TO REVIEW
No hard blockers on file
Authority and insurance signals look clear in our data. Still verify live on FMCSA SAFER / L&I before tendering a load.

Authority / census status: Active

Blockers:
  (none)

Cautions:
  (none)

On file:
  • OOS rate better than size peers

Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/544712/
As of: Jul 29, 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.

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 15.1% (better). n=36998 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: Clear to review.

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 544712

In FMCSA records since Dec 8, 1993 (~32y)

Entity CORPORATION

Company officer FRANK E SCHILLING

Company officer 2 DEAN SCHILLING

Operation PRIVATE PROPERTY

Cargo carried

Logs / Poles / Beams / Lumber, Building Materials

Fleet size 26 units

Drivers 24

Annual mileage 409,334 mi

Contact & address

Phone: (219) 365-8585

Physical

8900 WICKER AVE

SAINT JOHN, IN 46373

Mailing address matches physical.

Registration & safety rating

USDOT 544712

In FMCSA records since Dec 8, 1993 (~32y)

Entity CORPORATION

Operation PRIVATE PROPERTY

Annual mileage (MCS-150) 409,334 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 0.33 vs 1.80 -1.47

Peer tier (mid-sized fleets (11-100 power units)) median OOS rate: 27.3%

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.

Fleet details (MCS-150)

Vehicle type	Owned	Term leased	Trip leased
Trucks	26	0	0

Self-reported on the carrier’s Form MCS-150 (FMCSA Company Census).

Inspections (24 months)

All 6 inspections →

	Driver	Vehicle	Hazmat
Inspections	3	3	0
OOS inspections	0	0	0
OOS percentage	0%	0%	—
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)

—

Crashes

None in last 24 months · all-time on file

Authorities

Carrier analysis & narrative context SEO summary, status notes, AI overview, and safety profiles

SCHILLING BROTHERS LUMBER AND HARDWARE INC is a corporation based in SAINT JOHN, IN, registered with the FMCSA under USDOT 544712. The carrier is currently active in FMCSA's records, and has not yet received a formal FMCSA safety rating. MCS-150 self-reporting puts the fleet at 26 power units and 24 drivers, with 6 roadside inspections on file. Use this page to verify the carrier's authority and insurance, review its inspection and crash history, and cross-reference live data on FMCSA SAFER before booking a load or onboarding a partner.

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.

Carrier overview

SCHILLING BROTHERS LUMBER AND HARDWARE INC is a mid-sized fleet, operating 26 power units and 24 drivers, organized as a corporation, based in Saint John, IN. Across 3 roadside inspections in the last 24 months, the fleet's 0.0% out-of-service rate sits below the 19.2% national average, with no reportable crashes on file. An active insurance filing is on record, and no operating authority record was located.

Inspection profile

3 roadside inspections over the last 24 months, concentrated in IN (2) and IL (1).

Violation profile

0.0% out-of-service rate, well below the 19.2% national average; led by Vehicle Maintenance (0.0% of violations).

Fleet profile

The fleet comprises 26 power units (mid-sized fleet) and 24 drivers; Freightliner, Flat116, and International are the most-inspected makes.

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

Compared against 36,998 ACTIVE carriers operating 13–39 power units (±50% of this carrier's 26 unit fleet).

This carrier — Driver OOS

Drivers placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

Median across 36,998 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

15.1%

Median across 36,998 same-size peers

Verdict

Safer than peers

Delta -15.1 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

Inspection Analytics Monthly activity · BASIC mix · state map

Monthly Inspection Activity (24 months)

2024-07 2025-11

Violations by BASIC Category

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

Vehicle Maintenance

1 violation

Activity by State

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

State	Inspections	OOS	OOS %	Last Inspection
Indiana (IN)	2	0	0.0%	Dec 10, 2024
Illinois (IL)	1	0	0.0%	Nov 12, 2025

Vehicle Fleet Top makes and models observed in roadside inspections

Make	Model	Inspections
Freightliner		4
Flat116		1
International		1

SMS BASIC Scores FMCSA Safety Measurement System per-BASIC scores

BASIC	Inspections	Serious	Measure	Alert	As Of
Driver Fitness	0	—	0.00	—	Jul 27, 2026
Controlled Substances / Alcohol	0	—	0.00	—	Jul 27, 2026
Hours of Service	0	—	0.00	—	Jul 27, 2026
Unsafe Driving	0	—	0.00	—	Jul 27, 2026
Vehicle Maintenance	1	—	0.33	—	Jul 27, 2026

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

Recent Inspections (6 rows) View all 6 →

Inspection #	Date ▼	State	Level	Station	Vehicle	Violations	Top Codes	OOS
86313744	Nov 12, 2025	IL	3	I-80	INTERNATIONAL STRAIGHT TRUCK Ticket: Flat116 IN 2376039 · 3HAWGSTR0GL450364	0	—	No
83394402	Dec 10, 2024	IN	2	MERRILLVILLE IN	INTERNATIONAL STRAIGHT TRUCK IN TK418MYB · 1HTMMMML0GH460579	1	393.78A-WS	No
82275945	Jul 30, 2024	IN	2	MERRILLVILLE IN	FREIGHTLINER STRAIGHT TRUCK IN 3346652 · 3ALHCYCY0FDGS7556	0	—	No
82111418	Jul 13, 2024	IN	2	VALPARAISO IN	FREIGHTLINER STRAIGHT TRUCK IN 3346652 · 3ALHCYCY0FDGS7556	0	—	No
81658093	May 16, 2024	IL	1	il-frankfort---i-80-w/b	FREIGHTLINER STRAIGHT TRUCK IN 3346652 · 3ALHCYCY0FDGS7556	0	—	No
79904109	Oct 11, 2023	IN	2	MICHIGAN CITY IN	FREIGHTLINER STRAIGHT TRUCK IN 3346652 · 3ALHCYCY0FDGS7556	0	—	No

Recent Crashes (7 rows)

Report #	Date	State	Injuries ▲	Tow	Hazmat	Severity
IN0902610196	Jan 4, 2016	IN	0	Yes	No	Tow
IN0900715490	Aug 3, 2007	IN	0	Yes	No	Tow
IN0900456706	Apr 7, 2006	IN	0	Yes	No	Tow
ILX002576554	Mar 23, 2022	IL	0	Yes	No	Tow
IN0900581239	Nov 10, 2006	IN	1	Yes	No	Injury
IN0210000153	Oct 26, 2002	IN	1	Yes	No	Injury
IN0001163257	Nov 6, 2004	IN	1	Yes	No	Injury

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

Most-Inspected Stations

Station	State	Inspections
MERRILLVILLE IN	IN	2
I-80	IL	1
MICHIGAN CITY IN	IN	1
VALPARAISO IN	IN	1

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