Carrier profile · USDOT 863958 · MC-388346 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Master Transfer Company Inc

DBA MTL COMPANIES

59 power unitsavg 7.5 yrRegional · 4 statesDAYTON, MN80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-388346 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 22 vehicle and 45 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 3.3 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

43 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 7

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 59-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
59
Inspections · 24 mo
45
Annualized
≈23 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

64%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
31%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
35%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
64%
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 Driving37 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 15 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
0False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 64 total · 4 in 24 mo

64
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
25
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20253013
20241001
20235025
20222012
20213003
20201001
20182002
20175025
20162002
20141001
20131001
20121001
20114024
20102012
20093013
20083012
20079039
20065035
20054024
20042012
20031011
20021011
20002020
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 4, 2026MN02Yes
Nov 26, 2025MN01Yes
May 8, 2025MN00Yes
Mar 27, 2025MN00Yes
Jan 9, 2024MN00Yes
Nov 27, 2023MN01Yes
Oct 4, 2023MN01Yes
May 12, 2023WI00Yes
Mar 15, 2023WI00Yes
Jan 25, 2023MN00Yes
Oct 6, 2022MN01Yes
May 12, 2022MN00Yes
Dec 28, 2021MN00Yes
Dec 15, 2021MN00Yes
Jul 19, 2021MN00Yes
May 29, 2020MN00Yes
Jun 19, 2018MN00Yes
May 4, 2018MN00Yes
Dec 5, 2017MN01Yes
Nov 10, 2017MN00Yes
May 1, 2017MN00Yes
Apr 4, 2017MN00Yes
Jan 16, 2017MN02Yes
Oct 24, 2016MN00Yes
Aug 19, 2016MN00Yes