Roadside Inspection 84000480

Roadside inspection on Feb 27, 2025 in California • Carrier: VALLEY IRON INC (USDOT 2671583) • Vehicle: KENWORTH TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
5
OOS Violations
3
60% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
84000480
Date:
Feb 27, 2025
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
5
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF
Carrier (USDOT):
VALLEY IRON INC (2671583)
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T6 Series TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
9E06927 (CA)

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 17.

Compared to the median Level 1 inspection nationwide in 2025, 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
5
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.63 violations per inspection across 115 prior records
vs Level 1 median in California
5
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 175,608 Level 1 inspections in California during 2025
vs typical at CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF
5
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 19,308 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
5
4 more than the median (1)
Compared to 760,406 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2025
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 27.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2025
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
64%
61 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
8
13 violations · 4 OOS
Prior 90 days
14
16 violations · 5 OOS · 1.14 per inspection
Prior 365 days
61
46 violations · 8 OOS · 0.75 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 396.5B-HWSL (HUBS - Wheel Seal Leaking., severity weight 2). (396.5B-HWSL)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1XKAD49X9CJ330948 CA 9E06927 KENWORTH T6 Series 2012
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1TTF4520562018455 CA 4HH6253 TRANSCRAFT
Ticket: Trail-Eze
Transcraft 2006

Violations Cited

5 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.207B-AALPME Any of the locking pins are missing or not engaged. 7 Vehicle Maintenance
393.45B2-B-AIR Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured. 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.201A-FRBFC Frame - Cracked siderail bottom flange at least 1 inch long. 2 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.201A-FRBFC Frame - Cracked siderail bottom flange at least 1 inch long. 2 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
396.5B-HWSL HUBS - Wheel Seal Leaking. 2 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
84491981 Apr 18, 2025 CA L1 GILROY IF 1
84421693 Apr 16, 2025 CA L2 ASH ST 2
84310049 Apr 2, 2025 CA L3 CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF 0
84355391 Apr 1, 2025 CA L1 GILROY IF 0
84260756 Mar 27, 2025 CA L1 CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF 0
84248320 Mar 26, 2025 CA L1 CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF 6 OOS

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
83229962 Nov 20, 2024 CA L1 1TTF4520562018455
81893690 Jun 14, 2024 CA L1 1TTF4520562018455 OOS
81341412 Apr 11, 2024 CA L1 1TTF4520562018455
81079354 Mar 8, 2024 CA L1 1TTF4520562018455
79102829 Jul 6, 2023 CA L1 1TTF4520562018455
78709900 May 18, 2023 CA L1 1XKAD49X9CJ330948

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