Carrier profile · USDOT 488500 · MC-254597 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Aschenbrenner Trucking Inc

42 power unitsavg 9.1 yrNational · 33 statesFREMONT, IA68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-254597 ACTIVERATED 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 35.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 48 vehicle and 97 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

43.8% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 7.1 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

95 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 9

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 42-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
42
Inspections · 24 mo
97
Annualized
49 / yr
Coverage
1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

91%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
91%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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 Driving50 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 42 total · 5 in 24 mo

42
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20251011
20241011
20234024
20211011
20203103
20192002
20162002
20141001
20133013
20111011
20102212
20071010
20062002
20053013
20045054
20031011
20021011
20012021
19991011
19981011
19971011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 2, 2026SD00Yes
Mar 20, 2026OH00Yes
Jan 13, 2026MO01Yes
Sep 30, 2025IA01Yes
Sep 7, 2024NE01Yes
Dec 7, 2023MO01Yes
Jul 11, 2023KY00Yes
Jul 11, 2023OH02Yes
Feb 9, 2023MO00Yes
Sep 15, 2021MO01Yes
Nov 24, 2020TX00Yes
Sep 3, 2020IA00Yes
Aug 29, 2020NM10Yes
Feb 20, 2019NE00Yes
Jan 28, 2019WI00Yes
Oct 9, 2016IA00Yes
Jun 25, 2016TX00Yes
Feb 25, 2014NE00Yes
Jul 10, 2013GA01Yes
Jun 22, 2013MS00Yes
Apr 29, 2013IA00Yes
Feb 4, 2011GA01Yes
Apr 10, 2010IA11Yes
Feb 15, 2010AR10Yes
Jan 12, 2007PA01No