Carrier profile · USDOT 686095 · MC-318807 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

BRENNY SPECIALIZED INC

80 power unitsavg 6.3 yrNational · 38 statesSAINT JOSEPH, MN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-318807 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 17.4%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 — 69 vehicle and 159 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.8% · 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 2.7 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

157 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 11

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
1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 80-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
80
Inspections · 24 mo
159
Annualized
80 / yr
Coverage
1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
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 Driving56 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 10 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 11, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 66 total · 7 in 24 mo

66
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254024
20246015
20232012
20224004
20217027
20203013
20191001
20186036
20173032
20165025
20155015
20142012
20132212
20122012
20112002
20101001
20092012
20081011
20061001
20051010
20022012
20003012
19991001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 10, 2025WI00Yes
Dec 9, 2025MN01Yes
Jul 7, 2025SD00Yes
May 1, 2025AL01Yes
Dec 20, 2024IA00Yes
Oct 10, 2024CT00Yes
Sep 19, 2024IN00Yes
Jun 18, 2024OR00Yes
Apr 23, 2024IL01No
Apr 1, 2024IL00Yes
Nov 15, 2023SD00Yes
Feb 20, 2023MN01Yes
Dec 14, 2022MT00Yes
Nov 29, 2022MN00Yes
Nov 7, 2022MN00Yes
Sep 22, 2022MN00Yes
Oct 12, 2021IA00Yes
Sep 1, 2021TX00Yes
Jul 15, 2021WI00Yes
Mar 17, 2021ND01Yes
Mar 10, 2021TX00Yes
Mar 5, 2021WI01Yes
Jan 20, 2021WI00Yes
Nov 8, 2020MN00Yes
May 25, 2020MN00Yes