Carrier profile · USDOT 246226 · MC-187105 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Hite Trucking LLC

80 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 23 statesOTTUMWA, IA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-187105 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkshitetrucking.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 14.6%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 — 48 vehicle and 128 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 1.7 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

121 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 10

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 80-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
80
Inspections · 24 mo
128
Annualized
≈64 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

43%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
26%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
31%
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 Driving60 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 29 total · 5 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20253023
20245045
20234004
20212002
20201001
20194014
20172002
20132012
20111001
20081010
20051011
19951001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 14, 2026MO01Yes
Mar 25, 2026MO00Yes
Jul 14, 2025MO01Yes
Apr 11, 2025MO03Yes
Apr 2, 2025KY00Yes
Jul 17, 2024OK01Yes
Jul 2, 2024IL00Yes
Jun 11, 2024MO01Yes
Jan 22, 2024MO04Yes
Jan 12, 2024NE02Yes
Aug 21, 2023MO00Yes
Aug 14, 2023NM00Yes
Jul 4, 2023NE00Yes
Jan 17, 2023GA00Yes
Jan 26, 2021IA00Yes
Jan 10, 2021KS00Yes
Dec 3, 2020KS00Yes
Nov 8, 2019MO00Yes
Aug 23, 2019IA02Yes
Apr 11, 2019WI00Yes
Feb 2, 2019TX00Yes
Mar 6, 2017MO00Yes
Feb 27, 2017WY00Yes
Oct 16, 2013IA00Yes
Mar 10, 2013IA01Yes