Carrier profile · USDOT 1444560 · MC-33117 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Steve Wills Trucking and Logging LLC

18 power unitsavg 8.2 yrLocal · 1 statesFORTUNA, CA93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-33117 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 28.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 38 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.1% · 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 1.7 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

39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 18-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
18
Inspections · 24 mo
39
Annualized
20 / yr
Coverage
1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

11%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
5%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
76%
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 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 28, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 22 total · 0 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20221001
20212202
20204024
20191001
20183013
20171001
20161001
20155035
20131001
20121011
20101011
20081011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 14, 2022CA00Yes
Dec 11, 2021CA10Yes
May 10, 2021CA10Yes
Jul 13, 2020CA00Yes
Jun 24, 2020CA00Yes
Apr 12, 2020CA01Yes
Jan 19, 2020CA01Yes
Sep 7, 2019CA00Yes
Nov 19, 2018CA00Yes
May 23, 2018CA01Yes
Feb 22, 2018CA00Yes
Sep 11, 2017OR00Yes
Oct 7, 2016CA00Yes
Dec 8, 2015CA01Yes
Nov 7, 2015CA01Yes
Aug 13, 2015CA00Yes
Mar 28, 2015CA01Yes
Jan 5, 2015CA00Yes
Apr 22, 2013OR00Yes
Sep 26, 2012CA01Yes
Sep 7, 2010CA01Yes
Jun 28, 2008CA01Yes