FRANK'S LLC

FRANK'S LLC is a small fleet, operating 9 power units and 9 drivers, organized as a corporation, based in Ansonia, CT. Across 5 roadside inspections in the last 24 months, the fleet's 80.0% out-of-service rate sits above the 19.4% national average, with no reportable crashes on file. BMC-91 liability filing is on file with CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, and operating authority is active for common.

Brokers & shippers · booking check

Book with caution — review signals below

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

Caution

Coverage resumed · Apr 2, 2016

Common (Property) reinstated · Apr 11, 2016

Policy effective · Apr 1, 2024

Review these

Prior insurance gap · 2884 days May 10, 2008 → Apr 2, 2016
Common (Property) gap · 2884 days Inactive May 19, 2008 → reinstated Apr 11, 2016
OOS rate worse than size peers Vehicle 75.0% vs peer 7.70% Details →

On file

1 active operating authority
Insurance on file · $1,000,000 CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY · 91X Details →
BOC-3 process agent on file INTERSTATE AUTHORITY LLC Details →

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Plain-text risk summary (print / paste)

TruckCodex risk summary — FRANK'S LLC (USDOT 659016)
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: $1,000,000

Blockers:
  (none)

Cautions:
  • Prior insurance gap · 2884 days — May 10, 2008 → Apr 2, 2016
  • Common (Property) gap · 2884 days — Inactive May 19, 2008 → reinstated Apr 11, 2016
  • OOS rate worse than size peers — Vehicle 75.0% vs peer 7.70%

On file:
  • 1 active operating authority
  • Insurance on file · $1,000,000 — CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY · 91X
  • BOC-3 process agent on file — INTERSTATE AUTHORITY LLC

Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/659016/
As of: Sep 20, 2026
Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before tendering — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.

USDOT 659016 Active CORPORATION PRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE Company officer: FRANK HEUSSER JR General Freight Motor Vehicles Driveaway / Towaway Logs / Poles / Beams / Lumber Machinery / Large Objects Construction Based in ANSONIA, CT

FMCSA census as of Sep 20, 2026 · Sources · Freshness

TruckCodex · filing & peer scorecard

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard · A

Composite of 4/5 scored components (mean 85/100). Separate from booking triage on this page. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating or legal advice.

A confidence 80% · 4/5 signals · expand

Authority / census

Active · 100/100

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

Insurance / BIPD

BIPD active · 100/100

Active BIPD/Primary-like policy on file in our insurance history.

OOS vs peers

Mixed vs peers · 40/100

Driver OOS 0% vs peer median 0% (neutral). Vehicle OOS 75% vs peer median 7.7% (worse). n=113416 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.

Operating authority

Insurance

1 active liability filing

BOC-3 agent

INTERSTATE AUTHORITY LLC

Company profile

Company details

USDOT 659016

In FMCSA records since Sep 13, 1996 (~30y)

MC / docket MC613273

Entity CORPORATION

Company officer FRANK HEUSSER JR

Operation PRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Cargo carried

General Freight, Motor Vehicles, Driveaway / Towaway, Logs / Poles / Beams / Lumber, Machinery / Large Objects, Construction

Fleet size 9 units

Drivers 9

Annual mileage 100,000 mi

Contact & address

Phone: (203) 736-9211

Email: [email protected]

Physical

142 WAKELEE AVENUE

ANSONIA, CT 06401

Mailing address matches physical.

Registration & safety rating

USDOT 659016

In FMCSA records since Sep 13, 1996 (~30y)

Entity CORPORATION

Operation PRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Annual mileage (MCS-150) 100,000 mi

vs. National Average

Vehicle OOS Rate 75.0% vs 23.4% +51.6 pts

Driver OOS Rate 0.0% vs 6.7% -6.7 pts

Violations per Inspection 2.20 vs 1.80 +0.40

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

Active liability insurance

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.

Broker setup by MC age

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Based on FMCSA authority grant of 2019-04-29 (2,000+ days). Published gates only — not a guarantee they will accept. Confirm with the broker.

Related filings

Insurance
CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
Policy effective Apr 1, 2024
Process Agent
INTERSTATE AUTHORITY LLC
BOC-3 on file
Operating Authority
MC613273
ACTIVE

Fleet details (MCS-150)

Vehicle type	Owned	Term leased	Trip leased
Truck tractors	1	0	0
Trailers	3	0	0
Trucks	8	0	0

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

Inspections (24 months)

All 6 inspections →

	Driver	Vehicle	Hazmat
Inspections	5	5	0
OOS inspections	0	4	0
OOS percentage	0%	80%	—
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)

75.0%

driver or vehicle, whichever higher

Crashes

None in last 24 months · all-time on file

Authorities

1 active

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

FRANK'S LLC had 5 roadside inspections over the past 24 months with an out-of-service rate of 80.0%, which is above the national average of 19.4%. Their highest FMCSA BASIC percentile is vehicle_maint at 11.0.

Inspection profile

5 roadside inspections over the last 24 months, concentrated in CT (3) and MA (1).

Violation profile

80.0% out-of-service rate, well above the 19.4% national average; led by Vehicle Maintenance (57.1% of violations); top code 392.2 (Violation of Local Laws) cited 2 times.

Fleet profile

The fleet comprises 9 power units (small fleet) and 9 drivers; Hino, International, and Kara are the most-inspected makes.

Risk Signals

High OOS rate

Peak OOS rate of 75.0% is well above FMCSA MCSAP national averages (driver ~6.7%, vehicle ~23.4%).

Authority revoked

3 revocations on record.

OOS order history

1 out-of-service order issued against this carrier.

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

Compared against 113,416 ACTIVE carriers operating 4–14 power units (±50% of this carrier's 9 unit fleet).

This carrier — Driver OOS

Drivers placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

Median across 113,416 same-size peers

Verdict

On par with peers

Delta 0 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

This carrier — Vehicle OOS

75%

Vehicles placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

7.7%

Median across 113,416 same-size peers

Verdict

Riskier than peers

Delta +67.3 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

Authority gap detected (1)

Common (Property) authority was inactive from May 19, 2008 to Apr 11, 2016 (2884 days)

Historical coverage gap detected (1)

No active BIPD/Primary insurance from May 10, 2008 to Apr 2, 2016 (2884 days)

Inspection Analytics Monthly activity · BASIC mix · state map

Monthly Inspection Activity (4 months)

2025-08 2026-08

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
Connecticut (CT)	3	3	100.0%	Jan 15, 2026
Massachusetts (MA)	1	1	100.0%	Aug 25, 2026
New York (NY)	1	0	0.0%	Sep 10, 2025

Vehicle Fleet Top makes and models observed in roadside inspections

Make	Model	Inspections
Hino		3
International		2
Kara		1
Tttr		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	—	Sep 14, 2026
Controlled Substances / Alcohol	0	—	0.00	0	—	Sep 14, 2026
Hours of Service	0	—	0.00	0	—	Sep 14, 2026
Unsafe Driving	0	—	0.00	0	—	Sep 14, 2026
Vehicle Maintenance	4	—	11.18	11	—	Sep 14, 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
88786465	Aug 25, 2026	MA	2	H-DEERFIELD	HINO STRAIGHT TRUCK CT AU38706 · 5PVNJ8JN8C4S50935	1	393.128B-CLWV	Yes
86833019	Jan 15, 2026	CT	2	GREENWICH SCALE	INTERNATIONAL TRUCK TRACTOR CT AB30006 · 2HSCESBR97C398423	3	393.75A3-TAOL, 392.2-SLLUCR, 392.2-SLLIFTA	Yes
86743231	Jan 9, 2026	CT	1	GREENWICH SCALE	INTERNATIONAL TRUCK TRACTOR CT AB30006 · 2HSCESBR97C398423	3	396.3A1-BALR, 393.75A3-TAOL, 396.3A1-BALAC	Yes
85794273	Sep 10, 2025	NY	2	PLAINVIEW NY	HINO STRAIGHT TRUCK CT AU38706 · 5PVNJ8JN8C4S50935	1	392.2-SLLIFTA	No
85626067	Aug 29, 2025	CT	1	GREENWICH SCALE	HINO STRAIGHT TRUCK CT AU38706 · 5PVNJ8JN8C4S50935	4	393.75A3-TAOL, 392.2-SLLSR, 393.9A-LTSI	Yes
78872289	Jun 13, 2023	CT	1	WETHERSFIELD	FREIGHTLINER STRAIGHT TRUCK CT DF2048 · 1FUYS7EB6YPB37121	9	393.209(d), 393.11, 392.2	Yes

Recent Crashes (1 row)

Report #	Date ▼	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow	Hazmat	Severity
CT01-0005329	May 12, 2001	CT	0	0	Yes	No	Tow

Authority Records (1 docket)

View full authority record →

MC Certificate Documents (6 letters, 2 PDFs 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	PDF
Apr 29, 2019	MC613273-C	Reinstatement Letter	Reinstatement	Metadata only
Dec 7, 2017	MC613273-C	Reinstatement Letter	Reinstatement	Metadata only
Oct 16, 2017	MC613273	Name Change	Revocation	Metadata only
Apr 11, 2016	MC613273-C	Reinstatement Letter	Reinstatement	Metadata only
Sep 19, 2007	MC613273-C	Original MC Certificate	Revocation	Original MC Certificate →
Jul 25, 2007	MC613273	Daily Register	Transfer	Daily Register →

Insurance Coverage Timeline (13 rows)

Every insurance policy on file, newest effective date first. Amber rows mark BIPD/Primary coverage gaps.

Insurer	Policy #	Type	Limit	Effective	Cancel	Status
CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	BAP 8996391	91X	$1,000,000	Apr 1, 2024	On file	ACTIVE
AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP424199	BIPD/Primary	—	Apr 1, 2023	Apr 1, 2024	CANCELLED
AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP318211	BIPD/Primary	—	Apr 1, 2022	Apr 1, 2023	REPLACED
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	CPO1641691	BIPD/Primary	—	Apr 1, 2020	May 1, 2022	CANCELLED
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	CPO1641691	BIPD/Primary	—	Apr 1, 2020	Apr 1, 2022	REPLACED
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS099725	BIPD/Primary	—	Apr 1, 2019	Apr 1, 2020	CANCELLED
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS087164	BIPD/Primary	—	Apr 1, 2018	Apr 1, 2019	CANCELLED
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS075444	BIPD/Primary	—	Nov 20, 2017	Apr 1, 2018	CANCELLED
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS075444	BIPD/Primary	—	Apr 1, 2017	Nov 20, 2017	NAME CHANGED
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS062886	BIPD/Primary	—	Apr 2, 2016	Apr 1, 2017	CANCELLED
Coverage gap — 2884 days without BIPD/Primary coverage from May 10, 2008 to Apr 2, 2016
UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE CO.	280814	BIPD/Primary	—	Aug 1, 2007	May 10, 2008	CANCELLED
UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE CO.	280814	CARGO	—	Aug 1, 2007	May 10, 2008	CANCELLED

Compliance Timeline Merged authority / insurance / enforcement events

Apr 1, 2024

authority

DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
Details →
Apr 1, 2024

insurance

CANCEL — AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY
Apr 1, 2023

insurance

TERM/REPL — AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY
May 1, 2022

insurance

TERM/CANCL — ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
Apr 1, 2022

insurance

TERM/REPL — ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
Apr 1, 2020

authority

DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
Details →
Apr 1, 2020

insurance

CANCEL — NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
Apr 29, 2019

authority

REINSTATED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
Details →
Apr 8, 2019

authority

REVOKED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
Details →
Apr 8, 2019

authority

Authority revoked — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
Apr 1, 2019

insurance

CANCEL — NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
Apr 1, 2018

insurance

CANCEL — NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
Mar 30, 2018

authority

DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
Details →
Nov 20, 2017

authority

REVOKED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
Details →
Nov 20, 2017

insurance

NAMECHG — NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
Nov 20, 2017

authority

Authority revoked — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
Apr 3, 2017

authority

DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
Details →
Apr 1, 2017

insurance

CANCEL — NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
May 19, 2008

authority

REVOKED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
Details →
May 19, 2008

authority

Authority revoked — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
May 19, 2008

authority gap

Common (Property) authority inactive: 2884 days (through Apr 11, 2016)
May 10, 2008

insurance

CANCEL — UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE CO.
May 10, 2008

insurance gap

Coverage gap: 2884 days without BIPD/Primary insurance (through Apr 2, 2016)
Oct 14, 2005

oos

Out-of-service order — 90 day failure to pay fine

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

Most-Inspected Stations

Station	State	Inspections	OOS
GREENWICH SCALE	CT	3	3
WETHERSFIELD	CT	1	1
H-DEERFIELD	MA	1	1
PLAINVIEW NY	NY	1	0

Top Violation Codes Cited

Code	Description	Category	Cited	OOS
392.2	Violation of Local Laws	Unsafe Driving	2	0
393.11	No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required	Vehicle Maintenance	2	0
396.5(b)	Oil and/or grease leak	Vehicle Maintenance	2	0
393.207(f)	Air suspension pressure loss	Vehicle Maintenance	1	0
393.209(d)	Steering system components worn, welded, or missing	Vehicle Maintenance	1	1
393.55(d)(2)	CMV manufactured on/after 3/1/2001 not equipped with ABS malfunction circuit / lamp from towed vehicle in cab.	Vehicle Maintenance	1	0

Related Records

Connecticut carriers Ansonia carriers CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY 6 inspections 1 reportable crash

All cross-references Authority, BOC-3, explainers, and more