Carrier profile · USDOT 582196 · MC-282829 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

JOSH WALDNER

DBA WALDNER TRUCKING

1 power unitsHARTFORD, SD82/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-282829 INACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
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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 —%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS —%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 0 vehicle and 0 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · 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 12.2 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

25%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
15measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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.

  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance15 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

30 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 4, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
10False logs
15Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 13 total · 0 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241011
20221001
20202002
20171011
20161011
20151011
20091001
20081011
20071001
20011001
19952002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 11, 2024IA01Yes
Nov 4, 2022IL00Yes
Feb 1, 2020MN00Yes
Jan 3, 2020PA00Yes
Jan 4, 2017MO01Yes
Jun 10, 2016NC02Yes
Sep 4, 2015TX03Yes
Sep 14, 2009MD00Yes
Jul 10, 2008UT03Yes
Feb 13, 2007IN00Yes
Apr 6, 2001NE00Yes
Jan 12, 1995CO00Yes
Jan 10, 1995TX00Yes