Carrier profile · USDOT 526817 · MC-446529 · Updated Jul 8, 2026

ASCENTEK INC

DBA LUBE-TECH

70 power unitsavg 4.6 yrRegional · 6 statesMINNEAPOLIS, MN82/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-446529 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 10.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 19 vehicle and 23 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 15.6 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 4

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 70-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
70
Inspections · 24 mo
23
Annualized
≈12 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

15%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
29%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
12%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther2 · 1 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving2 · 1 OOS
  • 172.602 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 173.24 Other violationOther2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 5, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 21 total · 0 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231001
20182002
20171011
20153003
20142012
20132012
20112002
20081011
20072002
20061001
20041001
20012011
20001011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 17, 2023MN00Yes
Sep 8, 2018MN00Yes
Jul 9, 2018MN00Yes
Aug 29, 2017MN01Yes
Nov 11, 2015MN00Yes
Jul 15, 2015MN00Yes
Mar 20, 2015MN00Yes
Nov 25, 2014MN01Yes
Jan 23, 2014MN00Yes
Dec 23, 2013MN00Yes
Aug 21, 2013MN01Yes
Dec 12, 2011MN00Yes
Apr 18, 2011MN00Yes
Dec 15, 2008MN03Yes
Jun 18, 2007MN00Yes
May 24, 2007MN00Yes
Jan 11, 2006WI00Yes
Feb 19, 2004MN00Yes
Aug 6, 2001MN00Yes
Jun 29, 2001MN04No
Dec 19, 2000MN01Yes