Carrier profile · USDOT 1266329 · MC-492993 · Updated Aug 6, 2026

Tri-national LLC

DBA TNI

831 power unitsavg 4.7 yrNational · 26 statesSAINT CHARLES, MO88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-492993 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkstri-nat.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 11.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1,241 vehicle and 1,866 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.8% · 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 4.4 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

1,811 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 110

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 831-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
831
Inspections · 24 mo
1,866
Annualized
≈933 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

62%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
21%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving466 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance189 · 142 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance96 · 13 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance85 · 21 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance71 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance58 · 13 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance37 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance34 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance24 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

110 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

85ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
2False logs
10Drove over hours

Trending worse — 74% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 462 total · 61 in 24 mo

462
Total crashes
61
In last 24 mo
19
Fatal
168
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026160516
20253721136
20242801326
20233131028
20223331231
20212301222
2020252424
2019310929
2018331733
20173121327
2016170416
2015181716
2014140812
2013111411
201211068
201111149
20101611015
2009141414
2008200820
2007201820
2006130613
20058037
20041001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 28, 2026OH00Yes
May 8, 2026GA00Yes
Apr 30, 2026TX01Yes
Apr 28, 2026MO01Yes
Apr 18, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 17, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 24, 2026TX01Yes
Mar 9, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 23, 2026AL00Yes
Feb 17, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 3, 2026MI02Yes
Jan 25, 2026MS00Yes
Jan 25, 2026MO00Yes
Jan 21, 2026MO00Yes
Jan 17, 2026MO03Yes
Jan 2, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 31, 2025MO00Yes
Dec 3, 2025GA00Yes
Nov 25, 2025KY00Yes
Nov 20, 2025LA00Yes
Nov 7, 2025KS00Yes
Oct 29, 2025TX01Yes
Sep 18, 2025TX01Yes
Sep 3, 2025WI00Yes
Aug 19, 2025TN01Yes