HYDAKER WHEATLAKE CO
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
61 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 7
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 887
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 66
- Annualized
- ≈33 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving47 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 4 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
- 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.23 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving2 · 2 OOS
- 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 13, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 92 total · 12 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 2026 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 30, 2026 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 13, 2026 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 23, 2025 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 20, 2025 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 12, 2025 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 29, 2025 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 23, 2025 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 25, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2024 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 29, 2024 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 22, 2024 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 12, 2024 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 27, 2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 9, 2024 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2024 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2023 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2023 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 9, 2023 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 30, 2023 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 10, 2023 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 31, 2023 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 16, 2022 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |