Carrier profile · USDOT 399189 · MC-739694 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Elmer's Crane and Dozer Inc

DBA TEAM ELMER'S

375 power unitsavg 6.8 yrLocal · 1 statesTRAVERSE CITY, MI81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-739694 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksteamelmers.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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 47 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 7.2 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

48 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 6

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
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 375-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
375
Inspections · 24 mo
49
Annualized
≈25 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
18%
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 Driving43 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 108 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 84 total · 11 in 24 mo

84
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
31
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20255115
20246016
20237026
20226036
20212012
20206026
20194004
20184014
20167017
20152022
20143013
20134114
20124024
20071001
20061011
20053032
20047137
20033012
20011010
19991010
19983030
19911001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 26, 2026MI00Yes
Jun 26, 2026MI00Yes
May 14, 2026MI00Yes
Jun 30, 2025MI10Yes
May 15, 2025MI00Yes
Apr 22, 2025MI00Yes
Apr 14, 2025MI01Yes
Apr 7, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 20, 2024MI02Yes
Dec 9, 2024MI00Yes
Oct 7, 2024MI00Yes
Jul 31, 2024MI00Yes
Mar 28, 2024MI00Yes
Jan 23, 2024MI00Yes
Nov 22, 2023MI00Yes
Nov 16, 2023MI00Yes
Oct 9, 2023MI01No
Oct 5, 2023MI00Yes
Jun 13, 2023MI00Yes
Jun 6, 2023MI01Yes
Jan 17, 2023MI00Yes
Sep 30, 2022MI01Yes
Aug 27, 2022MI00Yes
Jul 20, 2022MI00Yes
May 18, 2022MI03Yes