Carrier profile · USDOT 3027885 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Mitsdarfer Brothers Lawn and Landscaping Inc

DBA MITSDARFER BROTHERS TREE SERVICE

32 power unitsavg 7.5 yrRegional · 5 statesWILMINGTON, DE80/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 34.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 49 vehicle and 73 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 18.4 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

72 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 32-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
32
Inspections · 24 mo
73
Annualized
≈37 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

65%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving62 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 12 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 104 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 11 total · 5 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20251001
20243023
20231011
20222002
20211011
20181001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 6, 2026DE00Yes
Jun 2, 2026DE01Yes
Oct 13, 2025DE00Yes
Sep 25, 2024PA01Yes
Sep 19, 2024DE00Yes
Apr 4, 2024MD01Yes
Feb 24, 2023DE01Yes
May 9, 2022DE00Yes
Apr 25, 2022NJ00Yes
Sep 20, 2021DE02Yes
Nov 20, 2018DE00Yes