Carrier profile · USDOT 1063285 · MC-256153 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Tradewinds Transportation LLC

87 power unitsavg 8.4 yrNational · 17 statesALBANY, OR88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-256153 ACTIVE
Verified linkstradewindstransportation.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 13.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 171 vehicle and 252 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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

242 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 16

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 87-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
87
Inspections · 24 mo
252
Annualized
≈126 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

44%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
32%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
26%
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 Driving55 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 16 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
2False logs
2Drove over hours

4 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 77 total · 10 in 24 mo

77
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265025
20252002
20244014
20233003
20222002
20212002
20206026
20193013
20184024
20177007
20164014
20154004
20143023
20134004
20121001
20112002
20093003
20087027
20074034
20062102
20053013
20042002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 15, 2026OR00Yes
Jul 15, 2026OR01Yes
Jul 6, 2026WA00Yes
Apr 29, 2026CT00Yes
Mar 19, 2026NV02Yes
Jul 19, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 15, 2025WY00Yes
Sep 28, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 17, 2024CA01Yes
Aug 19, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 1, 2024OR00Yes
Dec 16, 2023CA00Yes
Mar 1, 2023ID00Yes
Jan 28, 2023WY00Yes
Jun 22, 2022OR00Yes
Apr 8, 2022WA00Yes
Oct 14, 2021OR00Yes
Jun 15, 2021OR00Yes
Dec 28, 2020OR00Yes
Nov 10, 2020OR02Yes
Aug 7, 2020CO01Yes
Jul 20, 2020CA00Yes
Apr 24, 2020CA00Yes
Mar 14, 2020WA00Yes
Dec 8, 2019CO00Yes