Carrier profile · USDOT 263132 · MC-188988 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ELDRED P FUCHS

DBA FUCHS TRUCKING

4 power unitsavg 9.8 yrRegional · 3 statesLONG PRAIRIE, MN100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-188988 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 20.0%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 — 5 vehicle and 8 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 20.0 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

8 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 1

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 4-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 4
Inspections · 24 mo: 8
Annualized: ≈4 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

17%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

88%

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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
395.34 ELD — malfunction proceduresHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 2, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 19 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2022	2	0	1	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	1	1
2016	1	0	1	1
2012	1	0	1	1
2009	1	0	0	1
2000	1	0	0	1
1999	1	0	1	1
1998	4	1	2	4
1995	1	0	0	1
1993	1	0	1	1
1992	3	0	1	2
1991	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Nov 30, 2022	MN	0	1	No
Sep 8, 2022	MN	0	0	Yes
Sep 17, 2021	MN	0	0	Yes
Oct 3, 2018	MN	0	1	Yes
Sep 16, 2016	MN	0	3	Yes
Feb 21, 2012	ND	0	1	Yes
Feb 26, 2009	MN	0	0	Yes
Jan 19, 2000	MN	0	0	Yes
Aug 27, 1999	MN	0	1	Yes
May 20, 1998	WI	0	0	Yes
Mar 19, 1998	WI	1	2	Yes
Jan 21, 1998	WI	0	0	Yes
Jan 14, 1998	WI	0	2	Yes
Sep 8, 1995	WI	0	0	Yes
May 17, 1993	MN	0	1	Yes
Nov 2, 1992	MT	0	0	Yes
Sep 11, 1992	CA	0	0	No
May 29, 1992	WI	0	1	Yes
May 29, 1991	MT	0	0	Yes