Carrier profile · USDOT 188378 · MC-153258 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Dennis R Hilker Trucking Inc

19 power unitsLocal · 2 statesNEW LONDON, WI93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-153258 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkshilkertrucking.netFMCSA 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 33.3%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 — 3 vehicle and 7 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 25.0 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

7 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 2

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 19-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
19
Inspections · 24 mo
7
Annualized
≈4 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
50%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
1.6measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 3, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 17 total · 0 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20181001
20171001
20161001
20122012
20111001
20102022
20071001
20061001
20041011
20022012
20002202
19921011
19901010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 14, 2018WI00Yes
Jul 12, 2017IN00Yes
Feb 25, 2016NE00Yes
Jul 24, 2012WI00Yes
Jan 17, 2012IN01Yes
Mar 4, 2011NE00Yes
Jun 5, 2010IL01Yes
Mar 18, 2010WI02Yes
Nov 2, 2007WI00Yes
Jan 29, 2006KY00Yes
Feb 23, 2004IL02Yes
Sep 20, 2002WI02Yes
Apr 11, 2002WI00Yes
May 9, 2000KY10Yes
May 9, 2000KY10Yes
May 16, 1992IL01Yes
Feb 8, 1990IL01No