Carrier profile · USDOT 3442888 · MC-1118658 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

WOLF PROTECTION INC

DBA WOLF FREIGHT

28 power unitsGARY, IN0/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1118658 INACTIVEOUT-OF-SERVICE ORDERRATED UNSATISFACTORY

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.

Active federal out-of-service order — do not tender

Unsatisfactory = Unfit · ordered May 29, 2024

90 day failure to pay fine · ordered Sep 16, 2024

FMCSA has ordered this carrier to cease operations. Verify current status with FMCSA before any tender.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative

Vehicle OOS —24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS —24-mo cumulative
030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 0 vehicle and 0 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 3.7 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

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
0violations
clean · 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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 3 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance16 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

46 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 14, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
13False logs
16Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 11 total · 0 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241011
20234013
20222012
20214014
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 6, 2024NC01Yes
Jul 21, 2023TX00Yes
Jun 14, 2023NC01No
May 25, 2023MA00Yes
Feb 14, 2023TX00Yes
Sep 13, 2022MI01Yes
Aug 9, 2022SD00Yes
Sep 21, 2021PA00Yes
Sep 1, 2021GA02Yes
Aug 15, 2021IN00Yes
Feb 19, 2021VA00Yes