Roadside Inspection 83032675

Roadside inspection on Oct 29, 2024 in Montana • Carrier: BULLS TRANSPORT CANADA LTD (USDOT 2865364) • Vehicle: WESTERN STAR TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
10
OOS Violations
2
20% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
83032675
Date:
Oct 29, 2024
State:
Montana
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
10
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
SHELBY MT
Vehicle:
WESTERN STAR 5700 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
0CL108 (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 42.

Compared to the median Level 1 inspection nationwide in 2024, 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
10
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 1.54 violations per inspection across 56 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Montana
10
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 3,804 Level 1 inspections in Montana during 2024
vs typical at SHELBY MT
10
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 1,004 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 1 median
10
9 more than the median (1)
Compared to 713,681 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2024
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 25.7%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2024
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
50%
34 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
4
5 violations · 1 OOS
Prior 90 days
9
19 violations · 2 OOS · 2.11 per inspection
Prior 365 days
34
44 violations · 9 OOS · 1.29 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 396.3A1-STLT (Steering - Looseness in the threaded joint of a tie rod or drag link., severity weight 6). (396.3A1-STLT)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 5KJJBHDV0KLKA8883 AB 0CL108 WESTERN STAR 5700 2019
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1JJV532B0DL759623 AB 6BS680 WABASH VANS Refrigerated Van 2013

Violations Cited

10 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.9A-LRLI Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative. 6 Vehicle Maintenance
393.9A-LSLI Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. 6 Vehicle Maintenance
393.9A-LTSIR Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on a unit that is not the rearmost unit 6 Vehicle Maintenance
396.3A1-STLT Steering - Looseness in the threaded joint of a tie rod or drag link. 6 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.47E Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto, Clamp (Short & Long), DD-3, or Bolt 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.47E Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto, Clamp (Short & Long), DD-3, or Bolt 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.53B-B Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear. 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.55E-B Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1, 1998. 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.95A1 Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - no fire extinguisher present or not properly rated. 2 Vehicle Maintenance
396.3A1-BOS Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination. 0 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
83435920 Dec 19, 2024 MT L2 OILMONT MT 5 OOS
83457584 Dec 18, 2024 MT L3 HELENA MT 1
83259195 Nov 23, 2024 MT L3 LIMA MT 1
83192543 Nov 19, 2024 MT L2 CONRAD MT 1
83176697 Nov 17, 2024 MT L2 CONRAD MT 3
82976203 Oct 22, 2024 MT L2 BUTTE MT 2

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
86446991 Nov 24, 2025 CA L1 1JJV532B0DL759623
86396594 Nov 23, 2025 MT L3 1JJV532B0DL759623
85752918 Sep 11, 2025 CA L3 5KJJBHDV0KLKA8883
85491531 Aug 13, 2025 ID L3 1JJV532B0DL759623
84829912 May 30, 2025 MT L1 5KJJBHDV0KLKA8883 OOS
84578313 May 1, 2025 AZ L1 1JJV532B0DL759623
84295906 Apr 2, 2025 NV L2 1JJV532B0DL759623
83899599 Feb 9, 2025 CA L1 5KJJBHDV0KLKA8883 OOS

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