Carrier profile · USDOT 1021626 · MC-428992 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

R & K Trucking of Montana Inc

26 power unitsavg 5.4 yrNational · 21 statesHELENA, MT88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-428992 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 13.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 66 vehicle and 145 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 14.3 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

144 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
26
Inspections · 24 mo
145
Annualized
≈73 / yr
Coverage
≈2.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

40%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
65%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
42%
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 Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

28 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
3False logs
5Drove over hours

7 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 36 total · 2 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252021
20241001
20232002
20222002
20211001
20201001
20196126
20162002
20152002
20141001
20133003
20121001
20111001
20103013
20091001
20082012
20073022
20062012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 1, 2025MO02Yes
Feb 8, 2025MT01No
Jun 19, 2024MT00Yes
May 16, 2023TX00Yes
Feb 14, 2023MT00Yes
Apr 23, 2022SD00Yes
Jan 21, 2022SD00Yes
Feb 10, 2021CA00Yes
Jul 17, 2020CA00Yes
Dec 27, 2019MT00Yes
Nov 13, 2019CA13Yes
Oct 7, 2019CA01Yes
Sep 12, 2019AZ00Yes
Apr 19, 2019CA00Yes
Jan 27, 2019MT00Yes
Dec 19, 2016MT00Yes
Oct 21, 2016CA00Yes
Jun 2, 2015NV00Yes
Feb 21, 2015MT00Yes
Feb 24, 2014MT00Yes
Dec 20, 2013UT00Yes
Apr 4, 2013CA00Yes
Jan 25, 2013MT00Yes
Jan 8, 2012ID00Yes
Jan 6, 2011MT00Yes