Carrier profile · USDOT 343216 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Gudenkauf Corporation

259 power unitsavg 9.4 yrRegional · 7 statesCOLUMBUS, OH88/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 21.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 6.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 23 vehicle and 30 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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 14.8 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

30 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 4

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 259-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: 259
Inspections · 24 mo: 30
Annualized: ≈15 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

45%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

25%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

54%

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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 6 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Apr 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 16 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	1	1
2024	2	0	0	2
2023	1	0	0	1
2022	1	1	0	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	1	1
2018	1	1	1	1
2015	1	0	1	1
2014	1	0	0	1
2013	1	0	0	1
2009	1	0	0	1
2006	1	0	1	0
2001	1	0	0	1
2000	1	0	0	1
1993	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 22, 2026	OH	0	1	Yes
Aug 13, 2024	WV	0	0	Yes
Mar 7, 2024	OH	0	0	Yes
Jan 8, 2023	PA	0	0	Yes
May 25, 2022	OH	1	0	Yes
Apr 6, 2020	OH	0	0	Yes
Dec 19, 2019	IN	0	1	Yes
Oct 11, 2018	OH	1	1	Yes
Jan 27, 2015	OH	0	1	Yes
Feb 10, 2014	OH	0	0	Yes
Jul 12, 2013	MI	0	0	Yes
Aug 12, 2009	OH	0	0	Yes
May 30, 2006	OH	0	1	No
Jul 17, 2001	WV	0	0	Yes
Sep 9, 2000	WV	0	0	Yes
Aug 26, 1993	KY	0	2	Yes