CSA
Authorized · PropertyUSDOT 906942· MC393385· CARRIER· EIN 38-3559990
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V-MAX TRANSPORTATION INC

3643 80TH AVENUE, ZEELAND, MI, 49464(616) 772-9032todd@vmaxtrans.comSHELBY VAN HAITSMA
Vetting snapshot
Authority
Active
operating authority
Insurance
$750K BIPD
FARM BUREAU GENERAL INS CO OF MICHIGAN
Vehicle OOS
11.8%
below 22% national avg
Driver OOS
0%
below 6.7% national avg
Crashes 24mo
3
none fatal
Red flags
None
nothing flagged
94
/ 100

Risk factors

Low riskVioCodes score
3 crashes in the last 24 months

A 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.

Authority & insurance

MC393385

Operating authority and insurance on file — from FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (L&I).

Common
None
Contract
Active
Broker
None
Authorized for: Property
Liability (BIPD)
$750K on file
$750K required
Cargo
On file
not required
Bond / surety
Not on file
not required
Insurance filings
ON FILELiability (BIPD) — BMC-91$750K coverageeff 02/02/2001
FARM BUREAU GENERAL INS CO OF MICHIGAN· policy BAP 2056003
ON FILECargo — BMC-34$5K coverageeff 09/21/2009
Federal Insurance Company· policy 6685641
Authority history (2) ▾
05/31/2001CONTRACTINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION→ DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (06/11/2001)
10/24/2000MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIERGRANTED
Insurance history3 insurers on record
Filing timeline (1) ▾
  1. NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY$1MCancelled
    BIPD/Primary · eff 10/16/2000 → 05/04/2001

Source: FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (L&I), public data. This shows the carrier’s federal insurance filings (BMC-91X liability, BMC-34 cargo) — the federally-required minimums on file for operating authority — not the carrier’s full commercial policy (its actual auto combined-single-limit, general liability, cargo, or workers’ comp, which appear on the carrier’s ACORD certificate of insurance). Always confirm current coverage with a COI from the carrier’s agent before making a vetting decision.

Roadside inspection performance

Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.

Vehicle17 inspections · 11.8% OOS · National 22%
Driver47 inspections · 0% OOS · National 6.7%

CSA performance breakdown

FMCSA · Sep 2026

47 inspections · 29 violations (1 OOS) · 3% of inspections had an OOS finding.

47
Inspections
29
Violations
1
OOS violations
10
Distinct codes

Violations by BASIC

click to filter codes

14
total

Most inspected in · top 8 states

  • MI6
  • IN5
  • OH4
  • WI3
  • TN2
  • IL2
  • MO2
  • MN2

Latest FMCSA SMS snapshot. Codes link to the lookup — severity weighting, contest angles, and the DataQs Drafter for each. Click a BASIC to filter the codes.

Recommendations

What’s driving each score, what to do about it, and where it could go.

Following / lane / reckless violations are the leading contributor to Hours-of-Service Compliance

Medium impact

Estimated Hours-of-Service Compliance percentile of 62% is close to the 65% intervention line — worth getting ahead of before it crosses.

What’s contributing10 violations (24 mo)
Following / lane / reckless2 viol63%
  • 395.3A1-HOSPDHOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the current 8 consecutive day period. Date and Time2× · 63%
Log / ELD device5 viol18%
  • 395.24D-ELDPTHOS (ELD) - On request by an authorized safety official, a driver must produce and transfer from an ELD the driver's hours of service records in accordance with t1× · 9%
  • 395.30B1Driver failed to certify the accuracy of the information gathered by the ELD1× · 4%
  • 395.30B1-ELDDFRHOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information.2× · 3%
False log / RODS1 viol10%
  • 395.8E1PCHOS - False record of duty status driver improper use of Personal Conveyance - Not OOS1× · 10%
Other2 viol9%
  • 395.24C2IIDriver failed to manually add the trailer number1× · 4%
  • 395.24C2IIIDriver failed to manually add shipping document number1× · 4%
What to do
  • Defensive-driving refresher on following distance and lane discipline
Projected estimatecould improve up to 27 pts in ~12 mo
nowin 12 months
Current trend 50% followed 100% followed 65% line

A high share of violations are occurring in MI

Medium impact

6 of 18 violations in the last 12 months (33%) came from inspections in MI. That can mean tougher enforcement there or simply more of your miles run through it — either way it's worth a look.

What to do
  • Review the inspections from MI to spot recurring issues
  • Brief drivers running that lane; consider rerouting around the toughest enforcement corridors where practical

Speeding violations are the leading contributor to Unsafe Driving

Low impact

Estimated Unsafe Driving percentile of 43% is under the 65% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What’s contributing18 violations (24 mo)
Speeding8 viol40%
  • 392.2-SLLS2State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit8× · 40%
Phone / texting2 viol35%
  • 392.82DUMTDriver - Using a hand-held mobile telephone2× · 35%
Following / lane / reckless6 viol18%
  • 392.2-SLLLRState/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation3× · 9%
  • 392.2-SLLMLState/Local Laws - Failure to maintain lane1× · 4%
  • 392.2-SLLFCState/Local Laws - Following too closely1× · 4%
Seat belt1 viol5%
  • 392.16-DDriver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV1× · 5%
What to do
  • 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 estimatecould improve up to 29 pts in ~12 mo
nowin 12 months
Current trend 50% followed 100% followed 65% line

Driver Fitness needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Driver Fitness percentile of 0% is under the 80% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

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

Controlled Substances/Alcohol needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Controlled Substances/Alcohol percentile of 0% is under the 80% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

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

Recommendations are generated from the carrier’s public FMCSA roadside-inspection record. Percentiles and projections are VioCodes estimates, not official FMCSA figures. Informational, not legal advice.

90-day safety improvement plan

What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.

▼ Improving
3
Inspections
2
Violations
0
Out-of-service
1
Clean
Where the violations are
Unsafe Driving 100%
Focus here first
1Unsafe Driving
2 violations · 100% of recent
  • 392.82DUMTDriver - Using a hand-held mobile telephone
  • 392.2-SLLS2State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit
Do this
  • Log in and annotate the ELD correctly every day; fix edits promptly
  • Plan trips around available hours — never falsify a log
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Turn these into driver coaching — and prove it
FleetTrained (my companion project) makes branded, multilingual training videos for these exact violations — your driver watches and gets a completion certificate for the file.

Based on roadside inspections in the last 90 days, ranked by what recurs most. Informational, not legal advice.

Inspection & crash map

live · FMCSA MCMIS

Every inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).

73
Inspections
65
Violations
4
Out-of-service
238
CSA points
51
Crashes
13
States
cleanviolOOS

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.

Equipment

VINs via NHTSA

77 distinct vehicles seen in this carrier’s roadside inspections.

38 trailer 19 truck 14 incomplete vehicle 6 other
PETERBILT 389seen 5×
1NPXGGGG20D650391· RB84807 MI
PETERBILT 389seen 4×
1NPXGGGG80D706768· RC00650 MI
2023 PETERBILT 389seen 4×
1XPXD49X2PD876435· RC17978 MI
2019 PETERBILT 389seen 3×
1XPXD49X6KD273061· RB39479 MI
PETERBILT 389seen 3×
1NPXGGGG00D650390· RB79803 MI
2024 PETERBILT 389seen 3×
1NPXD49X8RD896606· RC25554 MI
2014 UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER Utility Trailer Manufacturerseen 3×
1UYVS2535EG811405· C604959 MI
TRLRseen 3×
5PPV115257A100805· E698828 MI
TRLRseen 2×
5PPV115296A100496· E470869 MI
2020 PETERBILT 389seen 2×
1XPXD49XXLD636690· RC05606 MI
2014 UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER Utility Trailer Manufacturerseen 2×
1UYVS2538EG883103· E716615 MI
2013 PETERBILT 388seen 2×
1XPWD49X4DD177265· RB81241 MI
2007 KENWORTH W9 Seriesseen 2×
1XKWDB9XX7J158042· RB39485 MI
2023 UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER Utility Trailer Manufacturerseen 2×
1UYVS2536P7836719· E733711 MI
2019 UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER Utility Trailer Manufacturerseen 2×
1UYVS2534K3536404· D822125 MI
2023 UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER Utility Trailer Manufacturerseen 2×
1UYVS2531P7836918· E779833 MI
2024 PETERBILT 389seen 2×
1XPXD49XXRD673215· RC33502 MI
PETERBILT 389seen 2×
1NPXGGGG60D221299· RB81239 MI
PETERBILT 389seen 2×
1NPXGGGG00D492942· RB59799 MI
PETERBILT 389seen 2×
1NPXGGGG60D215681· RB81238 MI
2025 UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER Utility Trailer Manufacturerseen 2×
1UYVS2536S7485805· F191220 MI
2007 PETERBILT 379seen 2×
1XP5DB9X07N691158· RB39483 MI
2014 UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER Utility Trailer Manufacturerseen 2×
1UYVS2534EG883115· E633072 MI
2025 UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER Utility Trailer Manufacturerseen 2×
1UYVS2530S7485802· F191217 MI
2018 UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER Utility Trailer Manufacturerseen 2×
1UYVS2537J7348306· D734620 MI
2024 PETERBILT 389seen 2×
1XPXD49X6RD673213· RC33500 MI
PETERBILT 389seen 2×
1NPXGGGGX0D706769· RB68732 MI
2019 UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER Utility Trailer Manufacturerseen 2×
1UYVS2539K3536401· D822132 MI
2025 UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER Utility Trailer Manufacturerseen 2×
1UYVS2538S7485806· F191221 MI
PETERBILT 389seen 2×
1NPXGGGG60D706767· RB93493 MI

+ 47 more.

Equipment is inferred from VINs recorded on roadside inspections (FMCSA MCMIS), decoded via the NHTSA vPIC API — it reflects vehicles inspected, not a current fleet roster.

Crash record (US, last 24 months)

Total

3

Tow-away

3

Injury

0

Fatal

0

Company profile

FMCSA census

AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Power units
49
on file (MCS-150)
Drivers
51
51 hold a CDL
Annual mileage
4.5M mi
reported 2025
Recordable crash rate
—
per million miles
How far they run · drivers by operating lane
  • Interstate · 100+ mi51 drivers
Company officer
SHELBY VAN HAITSMA
Operation
Interstate
Registered since
2000-09-21
Last MCS-150 update
2026-08-11
Census status
Active

Fleet: 49 trucks · 49 owned tractors · 118 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.

Data change history

Every FMCSA record change we’ve detected — address, fleet size, contacts, MCS-150 — newest first.

Connections

carrier graph

This carrier shares VINs, phone numbers or emails with 5 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.

5
Connected carriers
3
Fleet-transfer links
1
Most shared VINs
1
Strong links
Strong· 1
1
VMAX TRANSPORTATION, INC.
USDOT 9258327Active· ZEELAND, MI
Strong
EmailPhone

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

7 events
  1. 08/11/2026MCS-150 update filed

    4.5M mi reported (2025)

  2. 09/21/2009Insurance filed — Federal Insurance Company

    Cargo — BMC-34 · policy 6685641

  3. 05/31/2001CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION

    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (06/11/2001)

  4. 05/04/2001Insurance cancelled — NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy TN297417

  5. 02/02/2001Insurance filed — FARM BUREAU GENERAL INS CO OF MICHIGAN

    Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91 · policy BAP 2056003

  6. 10/24/2000MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — GRANTED
  7. 09/21/2000Registered with FMCSA

    AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.

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Operations

Classification

  • AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Area served

  • Interstate
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FMCSA safety rating

Rating
Not rated
Type
—
Rated
—
Last review
—
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MCS-150 registration

Form date
2026-08-11
Reported mileage
4,493,813 mi (2025)
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Data sourced from public FMCSA records via safer.fmcsa.dot.gov · Latest FMCSA update: Sep 2026 · Page refreshed: Sep 28, 2026, 11:40 AM. VioCodes is not affiliated with FMCSA. To dispute incorrect data, file a DataQs Request for Data Review.