Carrier profile · USDOT 239232 · MC-195639 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Zentner Transportation Inc

26 power unitsavg 5.5 yrMulti-region · 11 statesCEDAR RAPIDS, NE88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-195639 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 11.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 26 vehicle and 60 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 37.2 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

60 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 6

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

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 26-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 26
Inspections · 24 mo: 61
Annualized: ≈31 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

75%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

58%

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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 2 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

10ELD device issues

2No log / no ELD

5False logs

5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 15 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	1	1
2024	1	1	1	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	1	1
2015	1	0	0	1
2014	1	0	0	1
2013	1	0	1	1
2012	2	0	1	2
2009	3	0	1	3
2008	2	0	0	2
2006	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Mar 20, 2025	SD	0	1	Yes
Jul 16, 2024	AZ	1	2	Yes
Sep 22, 2020	NE	0	0	Yes
Feb 23, 2019	NE	0	7	Yes
Mar 2, 2015	CA	0	0	Yes
Dec 19, 2014	WY	0	0	Yes
Apr 18, 2013	WY	0	1	Yes
Mar 9, 2012	MO	0	0	Yes
Feb 14, 2012	CA	0	1	Yes
Apr 30, 2009	NV	0	0	Yes
Apr 29, 2009	NV	0	1	Yes
Jan 26, 2009	WY	0	0	Yes
Sep 5, 2008	NE	0	0	Yes
Sep 5, 2008	NE	0	0	Yes
Jun 23, 2006	CA	0	1	Yes