Vetting Report — USDOT 1190564

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Generated Oct 17, 2026

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KOUNKEL TRUCKING INC

USDOT 1190564 · MC475426 · EIN 83-1254910 · AUTHORIZED FOR Property

29792 280TH ST, MERRILL, IA, 51038

(721) 251-5615 · DEREK KOUNKEL

Moderate risk

Risk factors

Vehicle OOS 33.3% — well above the 22% national average5 crashes in the last 24 months

Snapshot

Operating authority

Active

Liability insurance

$750K on file

Safety rating

Satisfactory

Power units / drivers

21 / 21

Inspections / CSA pts (24mo)

43 / 195

Crashes (24 mo)

Authority & insurance

Common

None

Contract

Active

Broker

None

United States Fire Insurance Company — $750K BIPD · policy 133-7760081 · eff 01/01/2026

Federal BMC-91X filing; actual commercial limits (per COI) may be higher.

Roadside inspection performance

Vehicle OOS rate33.3% · nat 22%

Driver OOS rate6.8% · nat 6.7%

CSA breakdown — violations by BASIC

Unsafe Driving103 pts

Vehicle Maintenance66 pts

Other39 pts

Hours-of-Service Compliance14 pts

Driver Fitness12 pts

Not in SMS8 pts

Top cited violations (by CSA points)

Code	BASIC	Count	OOS	CSA pts
393.75A3-TAOL	Vehicle Maintenance	1	1	30
392.2-SLLSWZ	Unsafe Driving	1		30
392.2-SLLS2	Unsafe Driving	5		28
392.82DUMT	Unsafe Driving	1		20
392.2-SLLLR	Unsafe Driving	3		15
396.17C-PI	Vehicle Maintenance	1		12
393.9T	Vehicle Maintenance	1		12
392.2C	Unsafe Driving	2		10
383.95A-LCDL	Driver Fitness	1	1	10
395.8A1-HOSP	Hours-of-Service Compliance	1	1	7

Most inspected states

IA18

NE4

WI4

KY3

IN3

IL3

SC2

TX1

Next monthly SMS run — projection

BASIC	Official (Oct 2026)	Projected	Est. %ile	Trend
Unsafe Driving	4.76	4.44	≈66–73% (over 65)	▼ better
Hours-of-Service Compliance	0.22	0.12	≈28–35%	▼ better
Driver Fitness	0.30	0.31	—	steady
Controlled Substances/Alcohol	0.00	0.00	≈0–0%	steady
Vehicle Maintenance	2.50	3.13	—	▲ worse

Latest inspection 2026-10-13. “Projected” recomputes the SMS formula on today’s record — an estimate, not an official FMCSA figure. “Est. %ile” is a VioCodes estimate of how the carrier ranks against its peers (FMCSA marks the percentile itself “Not Public”), shown as a likely range.

Recommendations — what's driving each score

Speeding violations are the leading contributor to Unsafe Driving · high impact

Speeding 56% · Phone / texting 19% · Following / lane / reckless 15%

• Coach the drivers with speeding violations directly — Unsafe Driving points are weighted heavily

• Set and enforce a governed road speed; review telematics/dashcam speed events weekly

Projected: could improve up to 37 pts in ~12 months if worked down.

Vehicle and driver out-of-service rate exceeds the national average · high impact

• Review recent inspections with out-of-service violations and fix the root causes with equipment and drivers

• Run a preventative-maintenance program; periodically inspect tires, brakes and lights

A high share of violations are occurring in IA · medium impact

• Review the inspections from IA to spot recurring issues

• Brief drivers running that lane; consider rerouting around the toughest enforcement corridors where practical

False log / RODS violations are the leading contributor to Hours-of-Service Compliance · low impact

False log / RODS 100% (2 OOS)

• Audit ELD edits and duty-status annotations weekly; a false log is a high-severity, high-visibility violation

• Retrain on correct logging and never letting a load pressure a driver into a false entry

Projected: could improve up to 14 pts in ~12 months if worked down.

Controlled Substances/Alcohol needs attention · low impact

• Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Generated from the public inspection record. Percentiles/projections are VioCodes estimates, not official FMCSA figures.

90-day safety improvement plan

Last 90 days: 3 inspections, 2 violations, 1 OOS, 1 clean · improving.

1. Vehicle Maintenance2 viol · 1 OOS · 100%

393.75A3-TAOL, 396.17C-PI

✓ Gauge/thump every tire on the walk-around, including inner duals

✓ Replace before tread hits the limit and correct low pressure immediately

🎓 Coach the driver & document it

FleetTrained — my companion project — turns these exact violations into branded, multilingual training videos your driver watches, with a completion certificate for the DQ file. fleettrained.com

Crash record — 5 in 24 months

Date	Location	Inj	Tow
06/01/2026	DELAFIELD, MN		✓
01/01/2026	No city county crash, IA	1	✓
04/30/2025	SPENCER, IA		✓
12/12/2024	BLOOMINGTON, MN		✓
11/30/2024	KS		✓

Equipment — 47 vehicles seen in inspections

26 trailer14 incomplete vehicle7 truck

Company profile

Officer

DEREK KOUNKEL

Recordable crash rate

0 / MM mi

Annual mileage

1.8M mi (2025)

CDL drivers

Registered since

2003-12-02

Operation

Interstate

Connections — 10 carriers

Shares identifiers with 10 carriers (10 via shared VINs).

Carrier	USDOT	Link	Strength
T AND T TRUCKING INC	2573120	1 VINs	strong
DAA TRUCKING LLC	3078729	2 VINs	medium

Activity history (recent)

08/12/2026 — MCS-150 update filed

1.8M mi reported (2025)

01/01/2026 — Insurance filed — United States Fire Insurance Company

Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy 133-7760081

01/01/2026 — Insurance cancelled — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN

BIPD/Primary · policy 02TRM062054-01

12/05/2025 — CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION

DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/30/2025)

01/01/2025 — Insurance replaced — PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY

BIPD/Primary · policy CA3091616

04/05/2022 — CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION

DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (05/16/2022)

01/28/2021 — Insurance cancelled — NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY

BIPD/Primary · policy WF010465

01/01/2021 — Insurance replaced — NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY

BIPD/Primary · policy WF010465

01/01/2020 — Insurance cancelled — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN

BIPD/Primary · policy 02TRM026636-02

12/05/2019 — CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION

DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (12/27/2019)

01/01/2019 — Insurance cancelled — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN