Carrier profile · USDOT 116510 · MC-178686 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Runge Trucking Inc

13 power unitsavg 10.2 yrRegional · 4 statesST JAMES, MN100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-178686 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 0.0%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 — 4 vehicle and 13 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 33.3 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

13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 4

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 13-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
13
Inspections · 24 mo
13
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
2.66measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 16, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 33 total · 0 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20212002
20201001
20192002
20181001
20171011
20101011
20061011
20043013
20033012
20011010
19994013
19985014
19963012
19944014
19931010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 22, 2021MN00Yes
Jan 14, 2021NE00Yes
Mar 5, 2020MN00Yes
Jul 17, 2019NE00Yes
Jul 17, 2019NE00Yes
Nov 9, 2018MN00Yes
Sep 25, 2017IL01Yes
Jun 8, 2010KS01Yes
Sep 7, 2006IN01Yes
Dec 9, 2004WY03Yes
Oct 30, 2004MN00Yes
Sep 25, 2004SD00Yes
Jun 6, 2003MN00Yes
May 19, 2003MN00Yes
Mar 4, 2003IA06No
Jun 22, 2001MN01No
Dec 22, 1999AL00Yes
Nov 18, 1999SD00Yes
Nov 18, 1999SD00Yes
Jan 17, 1999IL01No
Dec 31, 1998IL01No
Dec 31, 1998WY00Yes
Dec 8, 1998NY00Yes
Nov 2, 1998CA00Yes
Apr 16, 1998WI00Yes