Carrier profile · USDOT 1038972 · MC-436538 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Pankratz Trucking LLC

11 power unitsavg 14.5 yrMulti-region · 11 statesMARSHFIELD, WI74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-436538 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 36.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 22 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 2.1 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

20 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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 11-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 11
Inspections · 24 mo: 22
Annualized: ≈11 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

81%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

67%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

72%

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 Driving17 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 2 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 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.

0ELD device issues

3No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 17 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	2	0	0	2
2024	1	0	1	1
2023	2	1	2	2
2022	1	0	0	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2020	1	0	1	0
2017	1	0	0	1
2016	2	0	1	2
2015	2	0	1	2
2010	1	0	0	1
2007	1	0	1	1
2005	1	0	0	1
2003	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Dec 23, 2025	NY	0	0	Yes
Apr 2, 2025	PA	0	0	Yes
Aug 6, 2024	WI	0	1	Yes
Dec 26, 2023	WI	1	2	Yes
Feb 8, 2023	NY	0	1	Yes
Jun 15, 2022	WI	0	0	Yes
Oct 18, 2021	WI	0	0	Yes
Feb 10, 2020	IN	0	1	No
May 19, 2017	MN	0	0	Yes
Jul 1, 2016	WI	0	1	Yes
Mar 23, 2016	OH	0	0	Yes
Nov 8, 2015	TN	0	0	Yes
Feb 9, 2015	WI	0	1	Yes
Feb 10, 2010	IL	0	0	Yes
Mar 7, 2007	IN	0	2	Yes
Sep 22, 2005	WI	0	0	Yes
Oct 27, 2003	WI	0	0	Yes