PETERSON TRACTOR CO
Legal: PETERSON HOLDING COMPANY
Risk factors
Low riskVioCodes scoreA weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
CSA performance breakdown
FMCSA · August 28, 202615 inspections · 6 violations (0 OOS) · 0% of inspections had an OOS finding.
Violations by BASIC
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Top cited codes
score = count × severity weight
- 1393.9HVehicle Maint.
Inoperable head lamps
6
1× · sev 6
- 2392.2-SLLTCDUnsafe Driving
State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g., safety official, signal, sign, light, lane marking, other
5
1× · sev 5
- 3395.8(k)(2)HOS Compliance
Driver failing to retain previous 7 days records of duty status
5
1× · sev 5
- 4393.9Vehicle Maint.
Inoperable Required Lamp
2
1× · sev 2
- 5393.95(f)Vehicle Maint.
Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper
2
1× · sev 2
- 6395.22G-ELDMFVHOS Compliance
HOS (ELD) - A portable ELD is not mounted in a fixed position and visible to the driver when seated in the normal driving position.
1
1× · sev 1
Most inspected in · top 1 states
- CA15
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90-day safety improvement plan
What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.
Inspection & crash map
live · FMCSA MCMISEvery inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).
CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.
Company profile
FMCSA censusPRIVATE PROPERTY
- Intrastate · <100 mi91 drivers
- Company officer
- CATHY MCARTHUR
- Operation
- Intrastate (Non-Hazmat) · Hazmat
- Registered since
- 1974-06-01
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2024-05-23
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 93 trucks · 26 owned trailers.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares emails with 1 other carrier — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.
Activity history
2 events- 05/23/2024MCS-150 update filed
1.9M mi reported (2021)
- 06/01/1974Registered with FMCSA
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- PRIVATE PROPERTY
Area served
- Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Not rated
- Type
- —
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- —
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2024-05-23
- Reported mileage
- 1,934,572 mi (2021)
Changes on file
FMCSA census historyMarch, 2022
- Drivers shrank to 91
January, 2021
First on-record entry — PETERSON HOLDING COMPANY, ,
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