Carrier profile · USDOT 1625886 · MC-61608 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Pfingsten Trucking LLC

21 power unitsavg 11.6 yrRegional · 7 statesBOYDEN, IA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-61608 ACTIVE
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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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 10.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 30 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 16.2 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

29 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 5

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 21-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
21
Inspections · 24 mo
30
Annualized
≈15 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

60%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
23%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
78%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
65%
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.132 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 26, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 10 total · 2 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20221001
20201001
20191011
20182002
20171001
20131011
20081011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 24, 2025IA00Yes
Aug 5, 2025MO00Yes
Oct 27, 2022IA00Yes
Jun 3, 2020UT00Yes
Aug 21, 2019IA01Yes
Dec 28, 2018NE00Yes
Oct 29, 2018AZ00Yes
Feb 7, 2017MN00Yes
Aug 7, 2013IA01Yes
Jun 20, 2008IA02Yes