Carrier profile · USDOT 69852 · MC-140125 · Updated Jul 10, 2026

SCHUSTER COMPANY

502 power unitsavg 3.5 yrNational · 45 statesLE MARS, IA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-140125 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksschusterco.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 17.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 409 vehicle and 1,054 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.5% · 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 6.3 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

1,016 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 56

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 502-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
502
Inspections · 24 mo
1,054
Annualized
≈527 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

61%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
25%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
39%
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 Driving420 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance105 · 99 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance65 · 12 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance52 · 14 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 10 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

71 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

49ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
7False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 57% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 538 total · 37 in 24 mo

538
Total crashes
37
In last 24 mo
22
Fatal
204
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20269138
2025190518
2024210620
2023241824
2022192818
2021180217
2020302928
20192611024
20183421134
2017271926
2016221622
2015120312
2014180616
2013120511
2012120512
2011120512
2010161316
2009130513
2008140913
2007120412
200610069
2005191618
2004130711
2003130510
2002150714
2001232920
200010049
199911149
19986253
19977136
19961401113
19959236
19947036
19938176
19922011
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 30, 2026IN15Yes
May 20, 2026MO00Yes
Apr 5, 2026SC00Yes
Mar 9, 2026CT00Yes
Jan 30, 2026NE00Yes
Jan 26, 2026MN02Yes
Jan 26, 2026TX01No
Jan 26, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 25, 2026KS00Yes
Dec 27, 2025KS00Yes
Dec 16, 2025MO01Yes
Dec 3, 2025PA00Yes
Nov 4, 2025CA00Yes
Sep 6, 2025MO00Yes
Aug 24, 2025KS00Yes
Aug 7, 2025IA01Yes
Aug 6, 2025MN00Yes
Jul 30, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 13, 2025KS00Yes
Jun 16, 2025MO00Yes
Jun 7, 2025IA08Yes
Jun 4, 2025CO02Yes
Mar 23, 2025WI00Yes
Feb 20, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 12, 2025IL00Yes