Carrier profile · USDOT 532642 · MC-267280 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Pulvermacher Cartage of Wisconsin LLC

59 power unitsavg 8.8 yrRegional · 5 statesMADISON, WI87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-267280 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 25.0%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 — 28 vehicle and 46 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · 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 28.9 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

45 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 59-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
59
Inspections · 24 mo
46
Annualized
≈23 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

43%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
60%
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
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 65 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 45 total · 4 in 24 mo

45
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253013
20241001
20235014
20222002
20203003
20191001
20183013
20173003
20152002
20144023
20131011
20121001
20112002
20101001
20072002
20052002
20032002
20021001
20001010
19991001
19962021
19951011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 8, 2026IL00Yes
Nov 4, 2025IL00Yes
Aug 14, 2025WI01Yes
Jul 28, 2025WI00Yes
Apr 26, 2024MN00Yes
Dec 18, 2023WI00Yes
May 26, 2023WI00Yes
Feb 21, 2023WI00Yes
Feb 13, 2023WI00Yes
Jan 13, 2023IL01No
Jun 8, 2022IL00Yes
May 20, 2022WI00Yes
Nov 2, 2020IL00Yes
Oct 6, 2020WI00Yes
Sep 4, 2020IL00Yes
Apr 9, 2019WI00Yes
Dec 21, 2018IL01Yes
Aug 17, 2018WI00Yes
Jul 23, 2018WI00Yes
Oct 16, 2017WI00Yes
Sep 11, 2017IL00Yes
Jan 10, 2017WI00Yes
Dec 28, 2015WI00Yes
Feb 11, 2015WI00Yes
Oct 13, 2014WI00Yes