Carrier profile · USDOT 627779 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Q3 CONTRACTING INC

DBA PSC

678 power unitsavg 6.8 yrRegional · 7 statesLITTLE CANADA, MN88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED 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 12.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 57 vehicle and 86 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 18.2 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

82 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 10

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
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 678-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
678
Inspections · 24 mo
86
Annualized
≈43 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

1%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
8%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
66%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
18%
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 Driving40 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 30, 2024. 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
1Drove over hours

Crash history· 126 total · 8 in 24 mo

126
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
37
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20253023
20246006
2023110210
20223012
20216016
20206026
2019150715
2018180618
2017100210
20167036
20154014
20147117
20136026
20126016
20114014
20103013
20061001
20051101
20042012
20033013
20011001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 1, 2026IA00Yes
May 21, 2026CO01Yes
May 4, 2026CO01Yes
Aug 27, 2025CO01Yes
Jun 26, 2025CO00Yes
Jun 16, 2025MN01Yes
Aug 20, 2024MN00Yes
Aug 15, 2024MN00Yes
Jul 22, 2024CO00Yes
Jun 8, 2024CO00Yes
May 13, 2024FL00Yes
Feb 2, 2024CO00Yes
Dec 6, 2023IA00Yes
Nov 17, 2023MN00Yes
Nov 17, 2023MN00Yes
Nov 17, 2023MN01Yes
Nov 15, 2023CO00Yes
Nov 6, 2023IA00Yes
Aug 29, 2023SD00Yes
Jun 29, 2023MN00Yes
Jun 7, 2023MN00Yes
Jun 7, 2023CO00Yes
Mar 10, 2023TX01No
Nov 16, 2022IA01No
Jul 28, 2022MN00Yes