Allan & Dean Erlbacher
DBA ERLBACHER BROTHERS TRUCKING
Safety
Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.
Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national
Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
69 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 7
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.
- Registered power units
- 42
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 71
- Annualized
- ≈36 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC
What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving63 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 8 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 17, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 27 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2026 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 6, 2026 | OK | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 11, 2023 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2023 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 8, 2021 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 1, 2021 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2020 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 2, 2019 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 19, 2016 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 12, 2016 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 16, 2016 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2015 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 2014 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 2, 2014 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 18, 2012 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 3, 2012 | IA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 7, 2009 | IA | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2009 | IA | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2007 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 15, 1999 | IA | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 9, 1999 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 19, 1998 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 16, 1997 | IN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 1996 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 16, 1993 | OK | 0 | 5 | No |