Carrier profile · USDOT 1088598 · MC-451186 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Mac R Behnke Rentals Ltd

DBA BEHNKE DEDICATED LOGISTICS

53 power unitsavg 7.4 yrRegional · 7 statesBATTLE CREEK, MI81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-451186 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 32.1%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 — 53 vehicle and 92 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

46.7% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

88 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 11

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 53-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
53
Inspections · 24 mo
92
Annualized
≈46 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

62%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
73%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
68%
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 Driving58 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 15 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

40 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
14False logs
8Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 58 total · 6 in 24 mo

58
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20255105
20244014
20231001
20226006
20213013
20205015
20194023
20182002
20172002
20161001
20151001
20143003
20133013
20121001
20112012
20101001
20093023
20082012
20072002
20062002
20053013
20041001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 23, 2026MI00Yes
Aug 15, 2025MI10Yes
Jul 30, 2025MI00Yes
May 27, 2025MI00Yes
May 15, 2025MI00Yes
Apr 30, 2025NC00Yes
Jun 26, 2024MI00Yes
May 9, 2024MI00Yes
Apr 23, 2024MI01Yes
Mar 25, 2024MI00Yes
Jun 30, 2023MI00Yes
Aug 19, 2022MI00Yes
Jun 1, 2022MI00Yes
Feb 12, 2022MI00Yes
Feb 3, 2022MI00Yes
Feb 3, 2022IN00Yes
Jan 6, 2022MI00Yes
Nov 8, 2021IN01Yes
Sep 1, 2021MI00Yes
Jan 18, 2021MI00Yes
Dec 16, 2020IN00Yes
Dec 14, 2020MI02Yes
Dec 10, 2020MI00Yes
Sep 19, 2020IL00Yes
Jan 21, 2020MI00Yes