Carrier profile · USDOT 387102 · MC-290960 · Updated Jul 16, 2026

MR Bult's Inc

1,547 power unitsavg 9.2 yrNational · 32 statesBURNHAM, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-290960 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 27.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 853 vehicle and 1,696 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.1% · 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

1,620 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 100

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 1,547-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
1,547
Inspections · 24 mo
1,696
Annualized
≈848 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

53%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
25%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
84%
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 Driving1,118 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance450 · 82 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance342 · 279 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance221 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance172 · 33 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance108 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance92 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance89 · 48 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance77 · 3 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance69 · 8 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

89 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

45ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
2False logs
35Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 1,554 total · 134 in 24 mo

1,554
Total crashes
134
In last 24 mo
46
Fatal
603
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026360835
20257313367
20246822266
20235732255
20228322481
20217322172
20208022679
20197933374
20188322682
20176412061
20166533061
20158713385
20146902969
20136403059
20125702756
20114421743
20104311441
20094422043
20085722455
20075032144
20065311248
20055432452
20043231532
20033231330
2002160615
2001201920
20002501423
19992501723
19989377
19972011
19963022
19952002
19941011
19921010
19903012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 14, 2026VA00Yes
Jul 14, 2026AZ00Yes
Jul 7, 2026AZ00Yes
Jul 7, 2026KY00Yes
Jun 24, 2026TN00Yes
Jun 3, 2026IN00Yes
May 27, 2026AZ00Yes
May 1, 2026AL00Yes
Apr 30, 2026VA00Yes
Apr 28, 2026AL04Yes
Apr 27, 2026VA00Yes
Apr 24, 2026VA02Yes
Apr 22, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 21, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 21, 2026AR00Yes
Apr 17, 2026AZ00Yes
Apr 11, 2026PA01Yes
Apr 10, 2026IL00Yes
Apr 3, 2026IL02Yes
Apr 2, 2026TN00Yes
Mar 30, 2026IL02Yes
Mar 26, 2026OH00Yes
Mar 24, 2026VA00Yes
Mar 17, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 16, 2026IN00Yes