Carrier profile · USDOT 186856 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

SHADE TREE SERVICE CO

DBA THE SHADE TREE SERVICE COMPANY

189 power unitsRegional · 4 statesFENTON, MO74/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksintren.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 44.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 21.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 14 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 35.4 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 2

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
≈0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 189-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
189
Inspections · 24 mo
14
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

8%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
20%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
68%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
74%
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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

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

Crash history· 35 total · 0 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242002
20213013
20203013
20191010
20181001
20161011
20141001
20113013
20104004
20082012
20052012
20033023
20021001
20001011
19981001
19962022
19931011
19921011
19912001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 31, 2024MO00Yes
May 28, 2024MO00Yes
Oct 15, 2021IA01Yes
Aug 4, 2021IA00Yes
Feb 9, 2021MO00Yes
Dec 9, 2020MO00Yes
Nov 6, 2020IA00Yes
Feb 26, 2020MO02Yes
Apr 11, 2019MO01No
Jul 11, 2018MO00Yes
May 24, 2016IA01Yes
May 5, 2014MO00Yes
Mar 1, 2011MO02Yes
Feb 15, 2011IA00Yes
Jan 10, 2011IA00Yes
Sep 8, 2010MO00Yes
Jul 18, 2010IA00Yes
May 25, 2010MO00Yes
Mar 9, 2010MO00Yes
Nov 17, 2008MO00Yes
Sep 11, 2008IL01Yes
May 12, 2005WI01Yes
Apr 14, 2005MO00Yes
Sep 4, 2003MO00Yes
Aug 22, 2003MO02Yes