Carrier profile · USDOT 623944 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DALCO INC

DBA MONTANA CAD

22 power unitsavg 18.2 yrLocal · 1 statesBIGFORK, MT88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksmontanacad.comFMCSA SAFER

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 18.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 33 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 26.9 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

32 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 5

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 22-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
22
Inspections · 24 mo
33
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
77%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
16%
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 Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 50 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 10 total · 5 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
0
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20251001
20242102
20211001
20201001
20161001
20062002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 21, 2026MT00Yes
Jun 18, 2026MT00Yes
Sep 12, 2025MT00Yes
Nov 8, 2024MT10Yes
Oct 10, 2024MT00Yes
Aug 4, 2021MT00Yes
Jun 26, 2020MT00Yes
Oct 27, 2016MT00Yes
Nov 9, 2006MT00Yes
Jul 11, 2006MT00Yes