Carrier profile · USDOT 2404871 · MC-827328 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Bull and Bear Co

99 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 35 statesLOVELAND, OH87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-827328 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 28.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 121 vehicle and 187 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

24.0% · 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 21.4 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

181 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 14

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 99-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
99
Inspections · 24 mo
187
Annualized
≈94 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
27%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
66%
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 Driving53 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance37 · 27 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 15 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 10 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

23 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
3False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 77% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 22 total · 8 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20253013
20244034
20236035
20222002
20204023
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 3, 2026CT00Yes
Jan 31, 2026VA00Yes
Jan 22, 2026PA00Yes
May 20, 2025OH00Yes
Apr 12, 2025AR00Yes
Feb 15, 2025TN01Yes
Dec 4, 2024TN03Yes
Nov 16, 2024PA02Yes
Apr 23, 2024LA00Yes
Feb 8, 2024PA01Yes
Dec 12, 2023WI00Yes
Oct 5, 2023LA03Yes
Jul 19, 2023VA02Yes
Jul 14, 2023TX02No
Jun 29, 2023FL00Yes
Apr 9, 2023VA00Yes
Mar 26, 2022TX00Yes
Jan 28, 2022PA00Yes
Dec 29, 2020AZ01Yes
Nov 27, 2020PA00Yes
Jun 19, 2020OH01No
Mar 31, 2020MD00Yes