Carrier profile · USDOT 1443813 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TIMBERLINE LOGGING INC

15 power unitsavg 17.9 yrLocal · 1 statesGAYLORD, MI82/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 78.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 28 vehicle and 39 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

62.5% · 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 3.9 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

35 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 15-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
15
Inspections · 24 mo
39
Annualized
≈20 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
.14measure
SMS · per-BASIC
36%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
98%
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.

  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance66 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance46 · 7 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving33 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance28 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance26 · 22 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 18 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 24 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 9 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 61 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 8 total · 3 in 24 mo

8
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20241001
20221001
20211011
20171001
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 3, 2026MI00Yes
Oct 16, 2025MI00Yes
Aug 21, 2025MI00Yes
Apr 23, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 2, 2022MI00Yes
Jun 8, 2021MI01Yes
Dec 27, 2017MI00Yes
Dec 17, 2014MI00Yes