Carrier profile · USDOT 170146 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

WRIGHT TREE SERVICE INC

2,426 power unitsavg 5.5 yrNational · 31 statesWEST DES MOINES, IA75/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkswrightservicecorp.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 28.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 114 vehicle and 159 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

32.1% · 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 5.9 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

154 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 12

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
≈0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 2,426-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
2,426
Inspections · 24 mo
160
Annualized
≈80 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

3%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
50%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
85%
Driver Fitness
Alert
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
73%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance73 · 24 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving71 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 16 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 8 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness10 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 228 total · 18 in 24 mo

228
Total crashes
18
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
67
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266036
20257047
2024120312
2023130512
2022151315
2021200517
2020170515
2019150615
20186026
2017181318
20168018
20156035
2014140014
20135005
20125015
20116006
20104004
20095025
2008120511
20074034
20065035
20055035
20047026
20034004
20011001
19992021
19961010
19951001
19941011
19931011
19921001
19901000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 23, 2026OK00Yes
May 13, 2026KY00Yes
Feb 23, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 2, 2026OK01Yes
Jan 29, 2026MO01Yes
Jan 5, 2026MO04Yes
Nov 20, 2025KY01Yes
Jul 3, 2025MO00Yes
Jun 20, 2025IN01Yes
Jun 11, 2025MI01Yes
Apr 5, 2025IN00Yes
Mar 31, 2025KY00Yes
Mar 27, 2025MO02Yes
Dec 17, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 6, 2024MN00Yes
Nov 26, 2024TX01Yes
Sep 29, 2024SC05Yes
Aug 29, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 24, 2024MO00Yes
Jun 19, 2024FL01Yes
May 30, 2024IL00Yes
May 20, 2024OR00Yes
Apr 17, 2024KS00Yes
Feb 29, 2024FL00Yes
Jan 5, 2024TX00Yes