Roadside Inspection 80249860

Roadside inspection on Nov 23, 2023 in South Dakota • Carrier: 6S TRINITY TRANSPORT LTD (USDOT 3455351) • Vehicle: WESTERN STAR TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
3
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
80249860
Date:
Nov 23, 2023
State:
South Dakota
Type:
Units inspected:
3
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
JEFFERSON SD
Vehicle:
WESTERN STAR 4900 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
A21756 (AB)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance, with a combined severity weight of 8.

Compared to the median Level 2 inspection nationwide in 2023, this is a more severe than typical result.

Severity context

How mild, normal, or severe was this inspection compared to its carrier, state, and station?

vs this carrier's typical
1
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 0.93 violations per inspection across 14 prior records
vs Level 2 median in South Dakota
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 5,055 Level 2 inspections in South Dakota during 2023
vs typical at JEFFERSON SD
1
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 366 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
1
Same as the median (1)
Compared to 642,260 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2023
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 25.2%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2023
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
43%
14 inspections in the trailing 12 months
Computed from this carrier's inspection history

Carrier trend at this moment

How active was this carrier's inspection record around this date?

Prior 30 days
1
1 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
5
4 violations · 0 OOS · 0.80 per inspection
Prior 365 days
14
13 violations · 2 OOS · 0.93 per inspection
Honest opinion

An out-of-service order is one of the most consequential outcomes a roadside inspection can produce — the most heavily-weighted OOS citation here was 393.75A3-TAOL (Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure., severity weight 8). (393.75A3-TAOL)

Units Inspected

3 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 5KJJAECV28PY68500 AB A21756 WESTERN STAR 4900 2008
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1TKH05024EM072393 AB 6PG341 TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES 2014
3 SEMI-TRAILER 2K9KB2273EL072133 AB 6PG342 K-LINE TRAILERS LTD
Ticket: Unknown
2014

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.75A3-TAOL Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure. 8 Vehicle Maintenance OOS

Violation categories (BASICs)

Federal behavior-analysis-and-safety-improvement buckets for the cited violations.

Nearby inspections (same carrier, ±60 days)

Other times this carrier was inspected around the same date.

Inspection Date State Level Location Violations OOS
80415447 Dec 16, 2023 AK L2 TOK WEIGH STATION 1
80293695 Dec 2, 2023 MT L3 SHELBY MT 0
80095070 Nov 4, 2023 AK L2 TOK WEIGH STATION 1
80019825 Oct 20, 2023 WA L3 1
79957129 Oct 18, 2023 WA L2 NB 2
79897793 Oct 10, 2023 MI L2 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
84873746 Jun 5, 2025 MT L2 1TKH05024EM072393 OOS
84190305 Mar 21, 2025 MT L3 5KJJAECV28PY68500
82729620 Sep 21, 2024 AK L2 5KJJAECV28PY68500
82351467 Aug 11, 2024 MT L3 5KJJAECV28PY68500

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