BRAINERD BUS LINES INC

DBA: REICHERT BUS SERVICE

BRAINERD BUS LINES INC is a small fleet, operating 8 power units and 15 drivers, organized as a corporation, based in Baxter, MN. Across 2 roadside inspections in the last 24 months, the fleet's 50.0% out-of-service rate sits above the 19.4% national average, with no reportable crashes on file. An active insurance filing is on record, and no operating authority record was located.

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 — BRAINERD BUS LINES INC (USDOT 912325)
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/912325/
As of: Sep 21, 2026
Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before tendering — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.

USDOT 912325 Active CORPORATION Private Property Company officer: MICHAEL LEO MORAN Company officer 2: MARK MORAN Passengers Based in BAXTER, MN

FMCSA census as of Sep 21, 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% (better). n=106850 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.

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 912325

In FMCSA records since Oct 23, 2000 (~25y)

Entity CORPORATION

Company officer MICHAEL LEO MORAN

Company officer 2 MARK MORAN

Operation Private Property

Cargo carried

Passengers

Fleet size 8 units

Drivers 15

Annual mileage 115,000 mi

Contact & address

Phone: (218) 829-6955

Email: [email protected]

Physical

8342 INDUSTRIAL PARK RD

BAXTER, MN 56425

Mailing address matches physical.

Registration & safety rating

USDOT 912325

In FMCSA records since Oct 23, 2000 (~25y)

Entity CORPORATION

Operation Private Property

Annual mileage (MCS-150) 115,000 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 0.50 vs 1.80 -1.30

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 7 inspections →

	Driver	Vehicle	Hazmat
Inspections	2	2	0
OOS inspections	0	1	0
OOS percentage	0%	50%	—
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 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

REICHERT BUS SERVICE had 2 roadside inspections over the past 24 months with an out-of-service rate of 50.0%, which is above the national average of 19.4%. Their highest FMCSA BASIC percentile is vehicle_maint at 1.0.

Inspection profile

2 roadside inspections over the last 24 months, most heavily in MN (2 stops).

Violation profile

50.0% out-of-service rate, well above the 19.4% national average; led by Vehicle Maintenance (100.0% of violations); top code 393.45 (Brake tubing and hose adequacy) cited 1 times, 1 of them OOS.

Fleet profile

The fleet comprises 8 power units (small fleet) and 15 drivers; Ford, Kaufman, and Motorcoach are the most-inspected makes.

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

Compared against 106,850 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 106,850 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

Median across 106,850 same-size peers

Verdict

Safer than peers

Delta -5 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

Inspection Analytics Monthly activity · BASIC mix · state map

Monthly Inspection Activity (4 months)

2023-10 2026-03

Violations by BASIC Category

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

Vehicle Maintenance

1 violation

1 OOS · 100.0%

Activity by State

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

State	Inspections	OOS	OOS %	Last Inspection
Minnesota (MN)	2	1	50.0%	Mar 4, 2026

Vehicle Fleet Top makes and models observed in roadside inspections

Make	Model	Inspections
Mcin		4
Ford		1
Icbu		1
Kaufman		1
Motorcoach		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 21, 2026
Controlled Substances / Alcohol	0	—	0.00	0	—	Sep 21, 2026
Hours of Service	0	—	0.00	0	—	Sep 21, 2026
Unsafe Driving	0	—	0.00	0	—	Sep 21, 2026
Vehicle Maintenance	1	—	1.00	1	—	Sep 21, 2026

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

Recent Inspections (7 rows) View all 7 →

Inspection #	Date ▼	State	Level	Station	Vehicle	Violations	Top Codes	OOS
87257877	Mar 4, 2026	MN	1	SAINT PAUL MN	MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES MOTOR COACH MN PRZ8730 · 1M83JMPA82P061835	1	393.62-BEI	Yes
87257798	Mar 4, 2026	MN	1	SAINT PAUL MN	FORD TRUCK TRACTOR FL DD161P · 1FT8W3DT1SED89227	0	—	No
80493925	Dec 28, 2023	MN	1	ALEXANDRIA	ISUZU MOTOR COACH Ticket: Mcin MN PRZ8729 · JALE5W169C7300420	0	—	No
80323592	Dec 6, 2023	MN	3	—	IC BUS SCHOOL BUS MN BY87046 · 4DRBUAAPXFB646718	0	—	No
80145897	Nov 9, 2023	MN	1	mn-st.-paul	MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES MOTOR COACH Ticket: Mcin MN PRZ8728 · 1M83JMPA93P061974	1	390.21T(b)	No
80007872	Oct 24, 2023	MN	1	MINNEAPOLIS	ISUZU MOTOR COACH Ticket: Mcin MN PRZ8729 · JALE5W169C7300420	1	393.45	Yes
79955131	Oct 19, 2023	MN	1	GRAND RAPIDS	MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES MOTOR COACH Ticket: Mcin MN PRZ8728 · 1M83JMPA93P061974	2	393.45(b)(2), 396.5(b)	No

Recent Crashes (4 rows)

Report #	Date ▼	State	Injuries	Tow	Hazmat	Severity
MN0223540398	Dec 20, 2022	MN	0	Yes	No	Tow
MN0172160299	Aug 4, 2017	MN	1	Yes	No	Injury
MN0163000277	Oct 26, 2016	MN	0	Yes	No	Tow
MN0062620329	Sep 18, 2006	MN	0	Yes	No	Tow

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

Most-Inspected Stations

Station	State	Inspections	OOS
SAINT PAUL MN	MN	2	1
ALEXANDRIA	MN	1	0
GRAND RAPIDS	MN	1	0
MINNEAPOLIS	MN	1	1

Top Violation Codes Cited

Code	Description	Category	Cited	OOS
393.45	Brake tubing and hose adequacy	Vehicle Maintenance	1	1
393.45(b)(2)	Brake hose or tubing chafing and/or kinking	Vehicle Maintenance	1	0
396.5(b)	Oil and/or grease leak	Vehicle Maintenance	1	0

Related Records

Minnesota carriers Baxter carriers 7 inspections 4 reportable crashes

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Field change history

Field change history
History-watch change dates and as-of snapshots