BULL AND BEAR CO

USDOT 2404871MC-Docket MC827328LOVELAND, OH
Review before tenderingHazmat-authorized99 power units

BULL AND BEAR CO (USDOT 2404871) in LOVELAND, OH — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.

  • Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
  • No pending authority revocation.
  • Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
  • BIPD on file: $1,000,000.
  • No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
  • 2 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2025-06-14 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
  • Current BIPD policy (HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY) was filed 20 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2026-04-23) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
  • Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
  • No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
  • 6 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
  • No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
  • No link to a prior revoked authority.
  • Authority involuntarily revoked 6 times, most recent 2026-04-23 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
  • Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead. The Hazmat Compliance BASIC is also withheld for this hazmat carrier.

Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.

Authority

Common authority
Active
Contract authority
Not applicable

Safety & BASIC scorecard

Safety rating
Unrated

BASIC safety measures

Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 1.56
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.3
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.01
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0.03
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 4.3

Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.

Last 24 months

0
Fatalities
6
Injuries
7
Crashes
167
Inspections
35
OOS inspections
42
OOS violations

Insurance

BIPD on file
$1,000,000
Cargo insurance
No
Bond on file
No

Fleet

Power units
99
Total drivers
84
Years in business
13
Hazmat authority
Yes

Crash risk

Preventable crashes (24 mo)
6 of 7 total crash(es)
Recordable crash rate
0
Driver OOS rate
2.3%
Vehicle OOS rate
30.9%Above national

The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.

Compliance & history

Reincarnation / chameleon
No prior revoked authority
Involuntary revocations
6 times last 2026-04-23
Physical address
No address flags
Federal OOS / safety action
None on file
MCS-150 self-report
2026-04-16
Insurance lapse history
2 lapse(s) most recent 2025-06-14
Last compliance review
None on file

Inspection history (all-time)

217
Inspections
50
OOS inspections
254
Violations
67
OOS violations
5
Post-accident

Record spans 2023-06-04 → 2026-05-22.

Crash history (last 24 months)

2026-02-03 CT Tow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: UNKNOWN· No Adverse Conditions, Daylight, Dry
2026-01-31 VA Tow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: NO· Snow, Dark - Not Lighted, Snow
2026-01-22 PA Tow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: UNKNOWN· Blowing Sand Soil Dirt Or Snow, Dark - Not Lighted, Ice
2025-05-20 OH Tow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: YES· No Adverse Conditions, Daylight, Dry
2025-04-12 AR Tow-away
Not preventable (FMCSA) · Driver cited: UNKNOWN· No Adverse Conditions, Daylight, Dry
2025-02-15 TN 1 injuredTow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: NO· Unknown, Dawn, Wet
2024-12-04 TN 3 injuredTow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: NO· Unknown, Dark - Lighted, Dry
2024-11-16 PA 2 injuredTow-away
Preventable · Driver cited: UNKNOWN· No Adverse Conditions, Daylight, Dry

Violation pattern (all-time, by area)

Area (49 CFR part) Violations Out of service Most recent
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
108 43 2026-05-06
Unsafe driving 392
47 1 2026-04-22
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
17 10 2026-04-22
Hours of service 395
17 2 2026-04-11
Hazardous materials (HMR) 172
8 0 2026-03-29
Hazardous materials (HMR) 177
4 0 2026-02-18
Hazardous materials (HMR) 173
3 3 2025-07-29
Driver qualifications 391
1 1 2025-03-07
Hazardous materials (HMR) 171
1 0 2025-09-09
Hazardous materials (HMR) 178
1 0 2025-06-24
General safety regulations 390
1 0 2024-05-16
Hazmat driving & parking 397
1 0 2025-06-24

Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)

Date Category Violation OOS
2026-05-06 Vehicle Maintenance Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on OOS
2026-05-06 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - CMV other than truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1998 not equipped with an antilock brake syste
2026-04-22 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit
2026-04-22 Vehicle Maintenance Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. OOS
2026-04-22 Vehicle Maintenance Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on OOS
2026-04-22 Vehicle Maintenance Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative
2026-04-22 Vehicle Maintenance Brake - Audible air leak from a brake chamber
2026-04-22 Vehicle Maintenance Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative
2026-04-11 Hours-of-Service Compliance Driver failed to certify the accuracy of the information gathered by the ELD
2026-03-30 Vehicle Maintenance Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection
2026-03-29 Vehicle Maintenance Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth
2026-03-02 Hours-of-Service Compliance HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed OOS
2026-02-18 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperative turn signal OOS
2026-02-18 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperative/Defective Hazard Warning Lamp
2026-02-18 Hazardous Materials Compliance Shipping paper accessibility
2026-02-02 Vehicle Maintenance Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS OOS
2026-01-14 Vehicle Maintenance Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. OOS
2026-01-10 Vehicle Maintenance Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS OOS
2026-01-07 Unsafe Driving Driver - Using a hand-held mobile telephone
2025-12-30 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit
2025-12-11 Vehicle Maintenance Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS OOS
2025-12-10 Vehicle Maintenance Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS OOS
2025-12-03 Vehicle Maintenance Wheel/Rim - Wheel fasteners loose/missing/ineffective/broken. OOS
2025-11-24 Vehicle Maintenance Frame - Cracked siderail web around the radius into the bottom flange OOS
2025-11-24 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured
2025-11-24 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection
2025-11-24 Vehicle Maintenance Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt
2025-11-24 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate
2025-11-20 Vehicle Maintenance Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt
2025-11-20 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate
2025-10-22 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit
2025-10-22 Vehicle Maintenance Suspension - Leaking 3 PSI in 5 minutes
2025-10-22 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured
2025-10-22 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation
2025-10-22 Hours-of-Service Compliance HOS (ELD) - A portable ELD is not mounted in a fixed position and visible to the driver when seated in the normal drivin
2025-10-20 Vehicle Maintenance Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS OOS
2025-10-20 Vehicle Maintenance Brake hose or tubing chafing and/or kinking
2025-10-16 Unsafe Driving Driver - Failed to activate hazard warning signal flashers
2025-09-30 Hours-of-Service Compliance HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed OOS
2025-09-30 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - General impeding traffic.
2025-09-30 Hours-of-Service Compliance HOS (ELD) - Driver failed to note the malfunction of the ELD and provide written notice of the malfunction to the motor
2025-09-30 Hours-of-Service Compliance HOS (ELD) - A portable ELD is not mounted in a fixed position and visible to the driver when seated in the normal drivin
2025-09-26 Vehicle Maintenance Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS OOS
2025-09-09 Hazardous Materials Compliance HM (General Requirements) - Cargo tank (packaging) does not comply with Hazardous Materials Regulations
2025-09-09 Hazardous Materials Compliance HM (Highway Carriage) - Failing to have HM shipping papers readily accessible.
2025-09-01 Vehicle Maintenance Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth
2025-09-01 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - Air reservoir separated from its original attachment points or moving more than 1 inch OOS
2025-09-01 Unsafe Driving State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l
2025-09-01 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured
2025-08-20 Vehicle Maintenance Brake - Audible air leak from a brake chamber

Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)

Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.

2026-05-06 ND · Level 1 2 viols· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9A-LSLIWR OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 55C2-B
2026-04-22 AR · Level 1 5 viols· 2 OOSHazmat
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9A-LSLIWR OOS
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 3A1-BALAC
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9A-LFTSI
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9A-LTSI OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9A-LIL
2026-04-22 MD · Level 2 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLS4
2026-04-11 IA · Level 3 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLIFTA
Hours of service 395 30B1
2026-03-30 MT · Level 2 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 17C-PI
2026-03-29 AZ · Level 2 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32
Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 600C1-HMER
2026-03-03 NC · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2FT
2026-03-02 AR · Level 1 1 viol· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Hours of service 395 8A1-HOSP OOS
2026-02-18 TX · Level 2 5 viols· 1 OOSHazmat
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Hazardous materials (HMR) 177 817E
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 19
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9TS OOS
Unsafe driving 392 2IRP
Unsafe driving 392 2RG
2026-02-02 LA · Level 2 1 viol· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 75A3-TAOL OOS
2026-01-23 GA · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 82DUMT Not Guilty/Dismissed
2026-01-14 MD · Level 2 1 viol· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9A-LTSI OOS
2026-01-10 OH · Level 2 2 viols· 1 OOSPost-accident
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 75A3-TAOL OOS
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLL
2026-01-07 MI · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 82DUMT
2025-12-30 TN · Level 2 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLS4
2025-12-11 TN · Level 1 1 viol· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 75A3-TAOL OOS
2025-12-10 MO · Level 2 1 viol· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 75A3-TAOL OOS
2025-12-03 MD · Level 2 1 viol· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 205C-WR OOS
2025-11-24 SC · Level 1 5 viols· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 201A-FRSC OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45B2-B-AIR
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45D-B
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 47E
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 53B-B
2025-11-20 OH · Level 1 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 47E
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 53B-B
2025-10-22 IN · Level 3 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLLR
Hours of service 395 22G-ELDMFV
2025-10-22 IN · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLS4
2025-10-22 SC · Level 1 3 violsHazmat
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45B2-B-AIR
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45B2-B-AIR
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 207F-SLAS
2025-10-20 IA · Level 2 2 viols· 1 OOSHazmat
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 75A3-TAOL OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45B2
2025-10-16 LA · Level 3 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 22A-D
Unsafe driving 392 22B-DFPWD

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