Carrier profile · USDOT 433541 · MC-239843 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

North Star Ranch Inc

50 power unitsavg 17.1 yrRegional · 4 statesHOWELL, MI74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-239843 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 37.5%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 — 8 vehicle and 16 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 9.2 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

15 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 50-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
50
Inspections · 24 mo
16
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

13%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
38%
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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 23 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 76 total · 1 in 24 mo

76
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20243003
20232002
20221001
20211001
20192022
20182002
20172002
20165024
20153013
20143003
20136016
20124104
20115024
20104034
20095015
20082002
20073003
20066116
20042002
20033022
20022011
19992011
19984014
19972021
19951011
19931101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 16, 2024MI00Yes
Jul 9, 2024MI00Yes
Jul 5, 2024MI00Yes
Mar 13, 2023MI00Yes
Mar 9, 2023MI00Yes
Jan 18, 2022MI00Yes
Sep 3, 2021MI00Yes
Sep 23, 2019MI01Yes
Feb 26, 2019MI01Yes
Dec 5, 2018MI00Yes
Mar 14, 2018KY00Yes
Nov 7, 2017KY00Yes
Aug 18, 2017MI00Yes
Dec 15, 2016OH00Yes
Sep 15, 2016NY01Yes
Jun 14, 2016NC00Yes
Feb 20, 2016OH00Yes
Feb 1, 2016TN01No
Apr 25, 2015MI02Yes
Mar 23, 2015MI00Yes
Jan 5, 2015NY00Yes
Nov 19, 2014MI00Yes
Jul 24, 2014WV00Yes
Apr 22, 2014TN00Yes
Dec 19, 2013MD00Yes