Carrier profile · USDOT 248534 · MC-150586 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Mcdonough Truck Line Inc

11 power unitsavg 7.9 yrRegional · 7 statesFARIBAULT, MN65/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-150586 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksmcdonoughtruckline.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 36.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 23 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 1.6 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

22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 11-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
11
Inspections · 24 mo
23
Annualized
≈12 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

21%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
51%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
70%
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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 32 total · 1 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20231001
20221001
20211001
20191001
20181001
20171001
20152012
20123013
20115035
20102002
20092012
20084024
20061011
20052002
20042002
20021001
20001010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 8, 2025MN00Yes
Feb 16, 2023WI00Yes
Aug 15, 2022MN00Yes
Dec 7, 2021MN00Yes
Mar 8, 2019MN00Yes
Jun 25, 2018MN00Yes
Dec 20, 2017MN00Yes
Dec 8, 2015MN01Yes
Feb 25, 2015MN00Yes
Nov 20, 2012MN00Yes
Aug 20, 2012MN01Yes
Jun 12, 2012MN00Yes
Nov 22, 2011MN01Yes
Jun 22, 2011MN00Yes
Mar 14, 2011MN02Yes
Feb 21, 2011MN00Yes
Feb 9, 2011MN01Yes
Apr 29, 2010MN00Yes
Feb 17, 2010MN00Yes
Dec 3, 2009MN01Yes
Oct 2, 2009MN00Yes
Nov 7, 2008MN00Yes
Mar 5, 2008MN00Yes
Feb 18, 2008WI01Yes
Feb 18, 2008WI01Yes