Carrier profile · USDOT 1143757 · MC-470014 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Bakkedahl Trucking LLC

18 power unitsavg 10.7 yrMulti-region · 11 statesHAYFIELD, MN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-470014 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 9.1%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 — 11 vehicle and 21 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 20.0 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

19 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 3

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 18-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
18
Inspections · 24 mo
21
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

18%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
38%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
13%
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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.87 Warning flags on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.80 Texting while drivingUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 31, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 16 total · 2 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20242112
20221001
20201001
20193013
20181001
20172022
20161011
20131011
20111001
20072012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 9, 2025MN00Yes
Sep 26, 2024MN11Yes
Apr 12, 2024MN00Yes
Oct 13, 2022CA00Yes
Jan 7, 2020MN00Yes
Nov 18, 2019IA00Yes
Oct 31, 2019MN00Yes
Jan 29, 2019MN01Yes
May 31, 2018IA00Yes
Nov 15, 2017IA01Yes
Mar 27, 2017MN01Yes
May 26, 2016MN01Yes
Jan 22, 2013MN03Yes
Oct 22, 2011MN00Yes
Dec 25, 2007MN00Yes
Oct 29, 2007IA01Yes