Carrier profile · USDOT 65754 · MC-173458 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

Heiter Truck Line Inc

22 power unitsavg 4.9 yrMulti-region · 10 statesSPENCER, IA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-173458 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksheitertruckline.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 5.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 20 vehicle and 39 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 3.3 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

38 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 22-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
22
Inspections · 24 mo
39
Annualized
≈20 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

48%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 63 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 51 total · 2 in 24 mo

51
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251011
20241001
20232002
20222002
20201001
20192002
20183003
20174024
20162012
20151001
20143013
20113013
20103013
20072002
20052022
20042012
20021011
20013021
20002012
19991001
19971011
19962121
19951011
19942012
19931001
19922002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 19, 2026MN01Yes
Jun 14, 2025TX01Yes
Jun 12, 2024IA00Yes
Sep 16, 2023TX00Yes
Aug 14, 2023TX00Yes
Dec 15, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 30, 2022KS00Yes
Oct 18, 2020OK00Yes
Sep 11, 2019TX00Yes
Jan 2, 2019TX00Yes
Feb 5, 2018MN00Yes
Jan 8, 2018IL00Yes
Jan 5, 2018IN00Yes
Sep 21, 2017IL02Yes
Aug 17, 2017MN00Yes
Jul 11, 2017MO00Yes
Feb 26, 2017TX01Yes
May 9, 2016OK01Yes
Apr 6, 2016CA00Yes
Jul 15, 2015OK00Yes
May 7, 2014TX00Yes
Feb 3, 2014IL00Yes
Jan 14, 2014KS01Yes
Oct 27, 2011TX02Yes
Apr 19, 2011IA00Yes