Carrier profile · USDOT 41545 · MC-143511 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

HARDINGER TRANSFER CO INC

DBA HARDINGER TRUCKING

49 power unitsavg 7.8 yrMulti-region · 9 statesERIE, PA84/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-143511 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 15.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 40 vehicle and 80 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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 8.1 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

78 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 9

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 49-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
49
Inspections · 24 mo
80
Annualized
≈40 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

28%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
15%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
47%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
15%
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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

3 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 85 total · 3 in 24 mo

85
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
40
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261010
20252022
20241001
20233003
20221001
20212002
20201011
20194024
20183003
20162002
20154014
20141001
20131001
20123022
20112011
20102022
20085133
20073022
20052002
20041001
20037144
20021001
20015042
20005045
19993023
19981011
19975024
19961010
19954014
19942002
19935023
19922021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 8, 2026PA01No
Sep 25, 2025IL02Yes
Jan 20, 2025PA03Yes
Jan 9, 2024IA00Yes
Oct 6, 2023PA00Yes
May 30, 2023PA00Yes
May 8, 2023KY00Yes
May 5, 2022MI00Yes
Nov 8, 2021PA00Yes
Nov 3, 2021PA00Yes
Jan 6, 2020PA01Yes
Oct 28, 2019PA00Yes
Jun 21, 2019PA01Yes
Apr 22, 2019PA04Yes
Jan 19, 2019PA00Yes
Oct 21, 2018PA00Yes
Oct 14, 2018PA00Yes
Jul 17, 2018NC00Yes
Sep 26, 2016PA00Yes
Sep 16, 2016PA00Yes
Dec 17, 2015OH00Yes
Aug 28, 2015NC00Yes
Feb 12, 2015PA01Yes
Jan 29, 2015PA00Yes
Apr 20, 2014PA00Yes