Carrier profile · USDOT 425726 · MC-312924 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Zip's Truck Equipment Inc

6 power unitsavg 2.2 yrRegional · 7 statesNEW HAMPTON, IA76/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-312924 STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 10.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 3

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 6-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
6
Inspections · 24 mo
10
Annualized
≈5 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

70%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
14%
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 Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 1, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 17 total · 0 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20232012
20221001
20151001
20141001
20131001
20111001
20101001
20011011
19993023
19982012
19972012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 12, 2024MN00Yes
Jul 20, 2023OK01Yes
Apr 15, 2023CT00Yes
Nov 3, 2022TX00Yes
Nov 23, 2015IA00Yes
Jun 16, 2014IA00Yes
Jan 30, 2013NE00Yes
Nov 15, 2011MN00Yes
Aug 27, 2010PA00Yes
Jun 22, 2001IA01Yes
Dec 3, 1999MN01Yes
Mar 5, 1999IA00Yes
Mar 4, 1999IA01Yes
Dec 16, 1998WI00Yes
Apr 3, 1998WI05Yes
Jun 14, 1997WI01Yes
Feb 25, 1997MD00Yes