Carrier profile · USDOT 1158934 · MC-320536 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Tralo Companies Inc

DBA TRALO

124 power unitsavg 3.6 yrNational · 32 statesOWATONNA, MN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-320536 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkstraloinc.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 12.3%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 — 122 vehicle and 199 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.3% · 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 9.7 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

198 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 17

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 124-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
124
Inspections · 24 mo
199
Annualized
≈100 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
37%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
42%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
20%
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 Driving58 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther8 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 177.823 Other violationOther7 · 6 OOS
  • 172.202 Other violationOther6 · 0 OOS
  • 171.2 Other violationOther6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 39 total · 4 in 24 mo

39
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20243013
20234004
20225135
20211001
20202002
20192012
20172002
20162112
20152012
20142011
20132002
20122022
20091001
20081010
20071011
20061001
20051011
20041011
20021011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 29, 2025MN00Yes
Mar 31, 2025TX03Yes
Feb 17, 2025AZ00Yes
Dec 16, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 10, 2024MN00Yes
Feb 2, 2024CO01Yes
Nov 13, 2023AZ00Yes
Nov 7, 2023CA00Yes
Oct 22, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 2, 2023MN00Yes
Sep 27, 2022OK16Yes
Aug 17, 2022VA01Yes
Aug 12, 2022WV00Yes
Apr 20, 2022GA00Yes
Feb 27, 2022IA01Yes
Apr 28, 2021CA00Yes
Jun 15, 2020IN00Yes
Feb 21, 2020IA00Yes
Dec 28, 2019SD00Yes
Jan 22, 2019IA01Yes
Oct 15, 2017MO00Yes
Aug 22, 2017TX00Yes
Dec 23, 2016MN01Yes
Oct 18, 2016MN20Yes
Mar 2, 2015NC03Yes