Carrier profile · USDOT 569429 · MC-278162 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Moeller Trucking Inc

22 power unitsavg 5.8 yrRegional · 7 statesDENISON, IA74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-278162 ACTIVE

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 57.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 35 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 45.8 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

32 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 3

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
0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 22-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
22
Inspections · 24 mo
35
Annualized
18 / yr
Coverage
0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving30 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.67 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 34 total · 1 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20233022
20222012
20211001
20201001
20171011
20162002
20151011
20131011
20113013
20092012
20084024
20073023
20062002
20052002
20041011
20031001
20011001
19991100
19951011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 15, 2025IA02Yes
Oct 1, 2023IA00Yes
Feb 10, 2023IL01No
Jan 13, 2023IA01Yes
Mar 15, 2022IA00Yes
Mar 4, 2022IA02Yes
Jan 15, 2021IA00Yes
Nov 16, 2020IL00Yes
Jan 14, 2017NE01Yes
Dec 8, 2016AZ00Yes
Nov 17, 2016IA00Yes
Jul 6, 2015IL01Yes
Mar 10, 2013IA02Yes
Oct 13, 2011NE00Yes
Aug 26, 2011IA00Yes
Feb 22, 2011NE02Yes
Dec 8, 2009IA00Yes
Jan 29, 2009IA02Yes
Oct 6, 2008NE00Yes
Aug 21, 2008IA00Yes
Mar 7, 2008OH04Yes
Jan 6, 2008IL03Yes
Aug 9, 2007KS01Yes
May 30, 2007IA01Yes
Jan 14, 2007MO00Yes