Carrier profile · USDOT 116455 · MC-125894 · Updated Aug 12, 2026

J & R Schugel Trucking Inc

DBA J & R SCHUGEL

759 power unitsavg 4.1 yrNational · 40 statesNEW ULM, MN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-125894 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksjrschugel.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 27.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 564 vehicle and 1,195 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.2% · 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 2.4 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

1,179 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 75

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 759-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
759
Inspections · 24 mo
1,196
Annualized
≈598 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

72%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
38%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
40%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
73%
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 Driving591 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance147 · 131 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance106 · 27 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance87 · 24 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance77 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance48 · 10 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance42 · 24 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance36 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

162 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

79ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
26False logs
30Drove over hours

23 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 985 total · 57 in 24 mo

985
Total crashes
57
In last 24 mo
27
Fatal
365
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026150615
20253111031
2024260526
20233601334
2022260926
20213121628
20203701236
20194501544
2018210621
2017300928
2016271827
2015300630
2014301529
2013201319
2012231921
2011270727
20103642232
20093711734
20083601036
20074811146
20064711441
20055011944
20044001735
20033901734
20024121738
20012811820
2000214919
19992641822
19982001216
1997141313
1996120712
199510049
19947026
199311056
19924034
19911011
19901001
19891001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 8, 2026NC01Yes
Jun 1, 2026IN01Yes
May 12, 2026OH00Yes
Apr 23, 2026WI05Yes
Mar 26, 2026WI01Yes
Mar 23, 2026NC00Yes
Mar 19, 2026OH00Yes
Mar 13, 2026MN00Yes
Mar 6, 2026IL00Yes
Feb 27, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 24, 2026MN00Yes
Feb 17, 2026MA01Yes
Jan 26, 2026TN00Yes
Jan 21, 2026IA01Yes
Jan 6, 2026PA00Yes
Dec 30, 2025IL13Yes
Dec 18, 2025NC00Yes
Nov 15, 2025MN00Yes
Oct 19, 2025PA00Yes
Oct 12, 2025WI00Yes
Sep 24, 2025PA00Yes
Sep 23, 2025NC00Yes
Sep 15, 2025TN01Yes
Sep 8, 2025NC02Yes
Aug 20, 2025IL00Yes