Carrier profile · USDOT 3381311 · MC-1085308 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Wheel King Inc

98 power unitsavg 4.8 yrMulti-region · 13 statesTOLEDO, OH87/100
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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 30.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 142 vehicle and 253 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.8% · 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 25.0 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

249 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 98-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
98
Inspections · 24 mo
253
Annualized
≈127 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

95%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
86%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
70%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
71%
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 Driving95 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance43 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance40 · 31 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance27 · 4 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance25 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

122 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

81ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
21False logs
15Drove over hours

Trending worse — 85% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 9 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20255044
20243023
20232012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 23, 2026AR02Yes
Mar 13, 2026OH00Yes
Nov 29, 2025IN01Yes
Aug 6, 2025AR01No
Jul 31, 2025AR01Yes
Feb 12, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 21, 2025OH02Yes
Nov 19, 2024AR01Yes
Aug 25, 2024IL00Yes
May 20, 2024IN01Yes
Oct 4, 2023TX01Yes
Aug 2, 2023TX00Yes