Carrier profile · USDOT 456621 · MC-230833 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Tri Hi Transportation Inc

58 power unitsavg 3.1 yrNational · 27 statesMERRILL, WI81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-230833 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

58Power units

63 observed · MCS-150

67Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

3.1Avg age (yr)

2019–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(715) 536-9860 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average22.9% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 35 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1991.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo22.9%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

58 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

3.1 yr

Model years 2019–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

35 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1991 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

40 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 22.89% on 83 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
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53 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Sep 18, 2026.

Safety

184 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 22.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 83 vehicle and 184 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 1.5 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 Aug '25 · 15

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

≈1.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 58-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 58
Inspections · 24 mo: 184
Annualized: ≈92 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving68 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance24 · 9 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 17 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 3 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 1 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’19 · 7 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Great West’92–’99

Great West’04–’11

Great West’12–’18

beyond this history

1992200120102019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · INTEGRITY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jan 2019

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2018 → Jan 2019	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Dec 2012 → Jan 2018	$750K	2
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	May 2011 → Dec 2012	$750K	2
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	May 2004 → May 2011	$750K	2
TRANSCONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	May 2002 → May 2004	$750K	1
FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2001 → May 2002	$750K	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2000 → Aug 2001	$750K	1
REDLAND INSURANCE CO.	Aug 1999 → Mar 2000	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Jul 1992 → Aug 1999	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 7, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 58
Observed power (24 mo): 63
Trailers (towed): 67

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

3.1 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2019

Oldest model yr

85.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 27 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

182

UT busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Utah: 21 inspections
California: 21 inspections
Nebraska: 18 inspections
Montana: 18 inspections
Washington: 18 inspections
North Dakota: 15 inspections
Wisconsin: 12 inspections
South Dakota: 10 inspections
Minnesota: 8 inspections
Iowa: 7 inspections
Nevada: 6 inspections
Indiana: 3 inspections
Oregon: 3 inspections
Tennessee: 3 inspections
Illinois: 3 inspections
Colorado: 3 inspections
Kansas: 2 inspections
Arkansas: 2 inspections
Texas: 2 inspections
Georgia: 1 inspections
Mississippi: 1 inspections
Idaho: 1 inspections
New Mexico: 1 inspections
Missouri: 1 inspections
Arizona: 1 inspections
Wyoming: 1 inspections

Home base

MERRILL, WI

N3163 STATE HIGHWAY 107

Most inspections: UT

21 inspections

UT 21 · CA 21 · NE 18

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 7, 2026

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

Show all-time history (35 trucks · 45 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3487141 USDOT 3617842 USDOT 3820069 USDOT 3990888 USDOT 3391852 USDOT 3693308 USDOT 3953108 USDOT 3863918

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: N3163 STATE HIGHWAY 107, MERRILL, WI, 54452
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (715) 536-9860
Fax: (715) 536-4790
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: trihi.com

Registration

Officers: Lynn Hein · Doug Lokemoen
USDOT / docket: 456621 · MC-230833
First registered: Aug 27, 1991
Last MCS-150: May 4, 2026 · 6,350,693 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Sep 6, 2001
D-U-N-S: 787653682

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

6,350,693

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 7, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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23%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

19 of 83 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

192violation records

36OOS-tagged records

19 of 83inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Unsafe driving

547%4 / 54

Hours of service

480%0 / 48

Brakes

4115%6 / 41

Other vehicle maintenance

3165%20 / 31

Lights

1520%3 / 15

Driver fitness

3100%3 / 3

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

40%

15%

30%

14%Nov 24 to May 252 / 14

21%May 25 to Nov 256 / 29

35%Nov 25 to May 267 / 20

20%May 26 to Nov 264 / 20

Top 3 codes (32 of 192 records)

395.24 ELD — record edits / data12
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)11
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)9

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392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)9
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects8
395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits7
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects6
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5
395.30B2-ELDDFC24 ELD — use / data transfer5
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing5
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)4
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLML State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.45D-BAAL Brake tubing / hose defects3
393.75A1-TAORETA Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)3
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps3
395.24C2III ELD — record edits / data3
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer3
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing3
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLSWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLUP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.207A-SAPPAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components2
393.48A-BLMCBAD Brakes inoperative2
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators2
393.55C2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)2
393.60E Windshield / glazing2
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps2
395.24C2II-ELDTN ELD — record edits / data2
395.3A1-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits2
395.8E1PC Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
383.23A2 Operating without a valid CDL1
391.11B4-DEN Driver not qualified1
391.41B10-MC No / expired medical certificate1
392.16AD Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-INAT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-LCDLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2DIB State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2DL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2SLSCR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.3-I Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.4A-DOSU Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.5A3 Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.82DUMT Using a hand-held mobile phone1
393.11A1-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.201A-VFC Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205A-WRDC Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.205C-WRAWFLMIB Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207B-AALPME-OOS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.209B-STWL Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.23-LEU Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45D-BHTBS Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.55D1-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55D2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.65C-FNS Fuel system1
393.67C7V-F Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.75A Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A1-TEPBM Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A1-TRPET Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers1
393.95A4-EENA Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LHWS Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps1
395.22H4 ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24C2III-ELDSDN ELD — record edits / data1
395.3A2-HOSPRNP Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8E-HOSPDOOS Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.17C Periodic (annual) inspection1
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection1
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-BALR Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-F Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-HCM Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.5-HL Oil and/or grease leak1

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Unsafe driving

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Hours of service

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Brakes

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for TRI HI TRANSPORTATION INC.

TRI HI TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 456621) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from INTEGRITY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jan 1, 2019 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 22.9% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier received 184 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 83 vehicle-level and 184 driver-level — across 27 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 58 power units and 58 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 4, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Sep 6, 2001 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TRI HI TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number?

TRI HI TRANSPORTATION INC's USDOT number is 456621, and its motor carrier number is MC-230833.

Is TRI HI TRANSPORTATION INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. TRI HI TRANSPORTATION INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is TRI HI TRANSPORTATION INC's safety record?

TRI HI TRANSPORTATION INC has a 22.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 283 roadside inspections, with 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).