Carrier profile · USDOT 456621 · MC-230833 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Tri Hi Transportation Inc

58 power unitsavg 3.4 yrNational · 27 statesMERRILL, WI81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-230833 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkstrihi.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 28.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 78 vehicle and 184 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

44.4% · 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 2.5 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

178 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 15

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
1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 58-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
58
Inspections · 24 mo
184
Annualized
92 / yr
Coverage
1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

67%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
78%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
60%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
83%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
57%
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 Driving53 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 15 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

16ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
10False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 91 total · 2 in 24 mo

91
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
35
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251001
20244024
20234024
20222012
20215035
20201001
20191001
20183013
20179019
20162002
20154024
20145035
20135014
20126035
20114024
20103012
20093003
20084024
20072002
20062021
20051001
20041001
20035025
20023013
20011001
20004024
19981101
19973023
19961011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 12, 2026ND05Yes
Aug 19, 2025IL00Yes
Jul 19, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 9, 2024OK00Yes
Jun 17, 2024CA02Yes
Apr 12, 2024WI01Yes
Nov 3, 2023IA00Yes
Sep 24, 2023MO01Yes
Sep 4, 2023WA00Yes
Jun 9, 2023MO01Yes
Apr 26, 2022MT01Yes
Mar 27, 2022IN00Yes
Dec 5, 2021ND00Yes
Sep 22, 2021MO01Yes
May 6, 2021WI01Yes
Apr 21, 2021WI06Yes
Jan 16, 2021MO00Yes
Sep 12, 2020AR00Yes
Jan 1, 2019MT00Yes
Oct 24, 2018KY01Yes
Oct 23, 2018IL00Yes
Feb 4, 2018MO00Yes
Oct 30, 2017AL00Yes
Aug 12, 2017MO00Yes
Jul 8, 2017TX00Yes