Carrier profile · USDOT 615838 · MC-295244 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MULE TRAIN INC

18 power unitsavg 15.7 yrMulti-region · 8 statesHUDSON, IN88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-295244 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 14.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 18 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 17.1 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

18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

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 18-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 18
Inspections · 24 mo: 18
Annualized: ≈9 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

74%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

72%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

52%

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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.80 Rear-vision mirrorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

4No log / no ELD

1False logs

3Drove over hours

Crash history· 23 total · 3 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	3	0	0	3
2024	1	0	0	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2019	3	0	0	3
2018	4	0	2	4
2017	2	1	1	2
2014	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	1	1
2010	2	0	1	2
2009	2	0	0	2
2008	1	0	0	1
2007	2	0	1	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Dec 1, 2025	IN	0	0	Yes
Oct 19, 2025	IN	0	0	Yes
Jul 2, 2025	IN	0	0	Yes
Jan 21, 2024	IN	0	0	Yes
Feb 16, 2021	MI	0	0	Yes
Sep 12, 2019	IN	0	0	Yes
Jul 12, 2019	IN	0	0	Yes
Feb 12, 2019	IN	0	0	Yes
Sep 27, 2018	IN	0	0	Yes
Sep 7, 2018	IN	0	1	Yes
Jul 18, 2018	OH	0	1	Yes
Jul 13, 2018	IN	0	0	Yes
Jun 29, 2017	OH	1	4	Yes
Jun 6, 2017	IL	0	0	Yes
Nov 20, 2014	NJ	0	0	Yes
Jun 26, 2012	IN	0	1	Yes
Dec 22, 2010	IN	0	1	Yes
Jan 22, 2010	IN	0	0	Yes
May 21, 2009	OH	0	0	Yes
Apr 2, 2009	IN	0	0	Yes
Jun 22, 2008	IN	0	0	Yes
Nov 14, 2007	IN	0	2	Yes
Feb 16, 2007	IN	0	0	Yes