Carrier profile · USDOT 1720870 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Verplank Trucking Co

56 power unitsLocal · 1 statesFERRYSBURG, MI81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksverplanktrucking.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 28.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 9 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 35.7 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

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 2

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 56-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
56
Inspections · 24 mo
9
Annualized
≈5 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

8%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
3.25measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 15 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 33 total · 8 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20253013
20244014
20233003
20223133
20213013
20202002
20193003
20183133
20173003
20152002
20121011
20081001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 18, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 20, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 19, 2025MI00Yes
Sep 26, 2025MI02Yes
Feb 12, 2025MI00Yes
Oct 28, 2024MI00Yes
Oct 16, 2024MI00Yes
Sep 11, 2024MI01Yes
Jul 3, 2024MI00Yes
Jun 27, 2023MI00Yes
Apr 27, 2023MI00Yes
Apr 25, 2023MI00Yes
Aug 11, 2022MI01Yes
Jul 25, 2022MI01Yes
Feb 2, 2022MI11Yes
Dec 17, 2021MI00Yes
Apr 27, 2021MI00Yes
Apr 20, 2021MI01Yes
Dec 1, 2020MI00Yes
Nov 4, 2020MI00Yes
Oct 3, 2019MI00Yes
Oct 3, 2019MI00Yes
Jan 25, 2019MI00Yes
Oct 18, 2018MI01Yes
Oct 8, 2018MI02Yes