Gerlachs Garden and Power Equipment Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 7
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 80
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 25
- Annualized
- ≈13 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
- 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 38 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 17 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2026 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 13, 2026 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 11, 2025 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 11, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 26, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 30, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2022 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 23, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 25, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2018 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2017 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 3, 2016 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 28, 2015 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 10, 2013 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 25, 2013 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |