PERRY D. MERKEL, INC.

DOT# 117179 MC# 157650CARRIER

ACTIVE

Trust Score

100 / 100

A Excellent

Components

Compliance · 40% 100

Safety · 35% 100

Insurance · 25% 100

Confidence: medium · based on FMCSA safety, insurance & authority data How is this calculated?

Overview

Address

717 VAUGHN S FRONTAGE RD

GREAT FALLS, MT 59404

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Contact

Phone: (406) 454-2208

Fax: (406) 454-6299

Email: pdmerkel@msn.com

Company Officers

JODIE GOULD MERKEL

PERRY D. MERKEL

Business Info

Organization: CORPORATION

D&B #: 0

Fleet

Power Units

Drivers

Equipment Breakdown

Owned Tractors2

Authority

Status: ACTIVE

FMCSA add date: Jun 1, 1974

Common authority: Mar 2, 1982

Contract authority: Dec 18, 1987

Authority History (4)

Authority Type	Action	Date
COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	Aug 29, 1988
MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	Dec 18, 1987
MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	Dec 18, 1987
MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	Mar 2, 1982

Cargo Types

General Freight

Active Certifications

Property

MCS-150

Last updated: Jul 29, 2026

Mileage: 98,846 (2025)

Operation Classification

AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier Operation

Interstate

Recent Changes

Identitycompany officer 1: PERRY D. MERKEL → JODIE GOULD MERKELAug 20, 2026

Contactemail: → pdmerkel@msn.comAug 15, 2026

Identitycompany officer 1: → PERRY D. MERKELAug 15, 2026

Identitycompany officer 1: → PERRY D. MERKELJul 20, 2026

New Carrierphy state: → MTJun 27, 2026

Safety

Out-of-Service Rates

Driver2 inspections

0.0%

6.2%

Carrier National avg

Vehicle

No vehicle inspections

Hazmat

No hazmat inspections

Overall2 inspections

0.0%

Carrier

Crash Summary

Fatal

Injury

Towaway

Total

BASIC Violations

Unsafe Driving0

Driver Fitness0

Hours of Service0

Drug / Alcohol0

Vehicle Maintenance0

Safety Measurement System (SMS)

FMCSA's official per-BASIC roadside-performance measures over the trailing 24 months, computed from the 2 inspections below. A measure of 0 means no recorded violations in that BASIC — not necessarily a strong safety record on a small sample. FMCSA does not publish peer-group percentiles for property carriers, so the underlying measures — not percentile rankings — are shown; Hazmat Compliance and Crash Indicator are not published. Based on fewer than 11 inspections — treat these measures as a weak signal.

SMS Inspections (24 mo)

Total

Driver OOS

Vehicle OOS

BASIC Measures

Unsafe Driving0.000 insp w/ viol

Hours of Service0.000 insp w/ viol

Driver Fitness0.000 insp w/ viol

Controlled Substances0.000 insp w/ viol

Vehicle Maintenance0.000 insp w/ viol

Insurance

$750,000

BIPD Coverage

On file

Cargo Coverage

2 policies on file2 active

Type	Status	Insurer	Policy #	Coverage	Effective	Expires	Form
BIPD	Active	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	A0288720001	$750,000	Aug 12, 2025	—	91X
CARGO	Active	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP 10447	—	Jan 1, 1993	—	34

Insurance History (2)

Type	Insurer	Status	Coverage	Effective	Cancelled
BIPD · F91X	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	ReplacedTERM/REPL	$750,000	May 27, 2016	Aug 12, 2025
BIPD · F91X	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	ReplacedTERM/REPL	$750,000	Jan 1, 1993	May 27, 2016

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