Carrier profile · USDOT 46473 · MC-214909 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Sowinski Trucking LLC

30 power unitsavg 8.1 yrNational · 16 statesRHINELANDER, WI81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-214909 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkssowinskifarms.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 26.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 23 vehicle and 60 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 17.5 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

59 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 6

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 30-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
30
Inspections · 24 mo
60
Annualized
≈30 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
76%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
29%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance10 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

41 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
9False logs
10Drove over hours

Trending worse — 85% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 50 total · 6 in 24 mo

50
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20255005
20242012
20231001
20223013
20213003
20208036
20194014
20174014
20161001
20153013
20132002
20122022
20112112
20101001
20092012
20084114
20071011
20041011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 1, 2026AR00Yes
Oct 18, 2025IL00Yes
Sep 21, 2025WI00Yes
Jul 21, 2025IL00Yes
Feb 18, 2025MO00Yes
Jan 12, 2025WI00Yes
Jul 15, 2024IN01Yes
Mar 6, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 29, 2023IN00Yes
Dec 9, 2022IN00Yes
Dec 7, 2022IA01Yes
Jun 16, 2022IL00Yes
May 21, 2021IN00Yes
Apr 15, 2021KY00Yes
Feb 16, 2021IL00Yes
Dec 24, 2020MN00Yes
Dec 22, 2020IN00Yes
May 7, 2020WV01Yes
Apr 21, 2020FL01No
Mar 3, 2020WI00Yes
Feb 26, 2020WI00Yes
Feb 9, 2020WI00Yes
Jan 4, 2020WI01No
Oct 14, 2019OH00Yes
Feb 15, 2019MN00Yes