Carrier profile · USDOT 139706 · MC-143337 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Hanifen Co Inc

DBA HANIFEN TOWING

36 power unitsavg 6.5 yrRegional · 3 statesDES MOINES, IA78/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-143337 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkshanifentowing.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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 22 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 32.5 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

21 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '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
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 36-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
36
Inspections · 24 mo
22
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

17%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
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 Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.23 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.71 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 33 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 25 total · 6 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20252012
20241001
20221001
20202012
20192002
20181001
20162002
20141001
20132012
20112202
20091001
20081011
20071011
20051001
20001001
19951010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 8, 2026IA00Yes
Mar 31, 2026IA01Yes
Jan 21, 2026IA00Yes
Oct 15, 2025IA01Yes
May 30, 2025IA00Yes
Dec 11, 2024IA00Yes
May 16, 2022IA00Yes
Oct 15, 2020IA00Yes
Jun 22, 2020IA02Yes
Jun 20, 2019IA00Yes
Feb 11, 2019IA00Yes
Feb 11, 2018IA00Yes
Oct 6, 2016IA00Yes
Jan 6, 2016IA00Yes
Oct 9, 2014IA00Yes
Dec 31, 2013IA00Yes
Aug 1, 2013IA01Yes
Sep 13, 2011IA40Yes
Sep 13, 2011IA40Yes
May 20, 2009IA00Yes
Jan 24, 2008IA01Yes
Feb 17, 2007IA01Yes
Oct 13, 2005IA00Yes
Dec 19, 2000IA00Yes
Aug 8, 1995IA01No