Carrier profile · USDOT 569045 · MC-278194 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Kleinschmit Trucking Inc

14 power unitsavg 7.5 yrMulti-region · 13 statesHARTINGTON, NE86/100

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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 42.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 35 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

75.0% · 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 33.3 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

35 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 4

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

≈1.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 14-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 14
Inspections · 24 mo: 35
Annualized: ≈18 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

72%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

55%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

65%

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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 17, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

1False logs

3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 18 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2020	1	0	1	1
2014	1	0	0	1
2013	1	1	1	1
2012	2	0	0	2
2011	1	0	0	1
2010	1	0	0	1
2009	2	0	1	2
2007	1	0	0	1
2006	1	0	1	1
2004	3	0	1	3
2003	1	0	1	1
2002	3	0	0	3

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Nov 14, 2020	PA	0	1	Yes
Mar 7, 2014	SD	0	0	Yes
Dec 20, 2013	WA	1	1	Yes
Jun 20, 2012	WI	0	0	Yes
Jan 2, 2012	OK	0	0	Yes
Jan 5, 2011	SD	0	0	Yes
Mar 19, 2010	NE	0	0	Yes
May 27, 2009	ND	0	1	Yes
Feb 27, 2009	SD	0	0	Yes
Aug 1, 2007	KS	0	0	Yes
Mar 9, 2006	KS	0	1	Yes
Nov 30, 2004	WI	0	0	Yes
Aug 24, 2004	MO	0	3	Yes
May 25, 2004	KS	0	0	Yes
Sep 28, 2003	NE	0	1	Yes
Aug 21, 2002	IA	0	0	Yes
Aug 4, 2002	NE	0	0	Yes
Jun 6, 2002	WI	0	0	Yes