Bester Bros Transfer & Storage Co

What the federal record says

Bester Bros Transfer & Storage Co holds USDOT number 242288 and operating authority MC-156715. FMCSA records the company as an active interstate carrier for hire with a registered address in South St Paul, Dakota County, Minnesota. Its household goods authority is on file as common carrier of household goods, which is the grant that allows a company to move a household across a state line for money. The USDOT record was created on 3 February 1984, 42 years before this snapshot, and the last MCS-150 form on file was filed on 2 October 2025.

The filing reports 6 power units and 9 drivers, 1.5 per truck. A fleet in that range can usually keep two or three long haul jobs running at once, which is the point where a mover starts being able to hold a delivery window rather than a delivery month. The equipment itemized on the form is 3 trucks, 1 tractor, 20 trailers. The company reported 41,200 miles for 2025, which works out at roughly 6,867 miles per power unit. That places it 27th by fleet size among the 91 registered household goods carriers based in Minnesota.

Besides household goods the census lists 2 other cargo classifications: general freight, passengers. A carrier with a broad cargo list is running household moves alongside other freight, which can mean better rates on a backhaul and less predictable scheduling. The registered address falls in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metropolitan area, where 64 other registered household goods carriers are based. FMCSA has assigned this carrier a satisfactory safety rating, dated 13 September 2007.

The nearest other registered household goods carriers are 5 Star Delivery LLC in St Paul (2.9 miles), Matt's Moving LLC in St Paul (3.5 miles), Runstruckmn LLC in Inver Grove Heights (3.8 miles). Distances are between ZIP code centers, so they are approximate. Getting three written estimates from companies in the same area is the single cheapest thing you can do to avoid being overcharged.