Carrier profile · USDOT 1648850 · MC-702559 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

MENKE LLC

70 power unitsavg 5.4 yrNational · 32 statesLEAVENWORTH, IN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-702559 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 84 vehicle and 167 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 8.2 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

164 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 10

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 70-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
70
Inspections · 24 mo
167
Annualized
≈84 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
83%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
42%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving53 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 22 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 6 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

59 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 20, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

34ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
10False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 56% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 47 total · 8 in 24 mo

47
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20255025
20243013
20232002
20224024
20213003
20206016
20191001
20185015
20175025
20161001
20155024
20142112
20121001
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 19, 2026KY00Yes
Apr 17, 2026TN00Yes
Mar 17, 2026GA00Yes
Nov 16, 2025TN00Yes
Jul 1, 2025WV00Yes
Jul 1, 2025KY01Yes
May 13, 2025OH01Yes
Jan 29, 2025GA00Yes
Apr 14, 2024FL00Yes
Apr 7, 2024NC00Yes
Feb 12, 2024PA01Yes
Jul 27, 2023KY00Yes
Feb 22, 2023GA00Yes
Dec 20, 2022PA00Yes
Nov 7, 2022AL00Yes
Nov 3, 2022FL01Yes
Mar 31, 2022WV01Yes
Nov 22, 2021FL00Yes
Jul 18, 2021NC00Yes
Mar 29, 2021IN00Yes
Nov 11, 2020IL00Yes
Aug 15, 2020IN00Yes
Aug 3, 2020IN00Yes
Mar 31, 2020IN00Yes
Jan 22, 2020SC08Yes