Carrier profile · USDOT 116195 · MC-116227 · Updated Jul 12, 2026

Polman Transfer Inc

66 power unitsavg 6.6 yrNational · 22 statesWADENA, MN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-116227 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkspolmantransfer.comFMCSA SAFER

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 25.8%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 — 31 vehicle and 77 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.3% · 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 4.0 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

77 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 12

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 66-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
66
Inspections · 24 mo
77
Annualized
≈39 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 28, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 143 total · 4 in 24 mo

143
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
60
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20244014
20231001
20221011
20211011
20203023
20191011
20186016
20172002
20162012
20154004
20144014
20134114
20123113
20115024
20106035
20093023
20087057
20075005
20067047
2005131212
20041001
2003100610
20028056
20013012
20005024
19991001
19984013
19974014
19964024
19955034
19946035
19932022
19923023
19912022
19901011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 27, 2026OH00Yes
Jul 17, 2025MN00Yes
Oct 13, 2024MN00Yes
Oct 8, 2024PA00Yes
Jul 2, 2024MI01Yes
May 12, 2024IN00Yes
Dec 18, 2023MO00Yes
Jul 27, 2022MO01Yes
Dec 14, 2021MD02Yes
Dec 27, 2020MN00Yes
May 8, 2020PA01Yes
Feb 29, 2020MN01Yes
Nov 9, 2019IL01Yes
Dec 25, 2018VA00Yes
Nov 5, 2018PA00Yes
Aug 6, 2018ND00Yes
Jul 11, 2018IL00Yes
Jul 7, 2018IN00Yes
May 10, 2018PA01Yes
Aug 21, 2017WI00Yes
Mar 31, 2017MN00Yes
Dec 31, 2016NC01Yes
Sep 9, 2016MN00Yes
Dec 16, 2015MN00Yes
Feb 28, 2015WI00Yes