Roadside Inspection 85600719

Roadside inspection on Aug 27, 2025 in Connecticut • Carrier: EL DORADO CARRIERS LLC (USDOT 4370089) • Vehicle: RAM TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
4
OOS Violations
1
25% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
85600719
Date:
Aug 27, 2025
State:
Connecticut
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
4
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
UNION SCALE
Vehicle:
RAM 3500 TRUCK TRACTOR
Ticket make:
Dodge
Plate:
C147932 (DE)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Hours of Service, with a combined severity weight of 10.

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 Level 1 median in Connecticut
4
Heavier than median (3)
Median of 4,665 Level 1 inspections in Connecticut during 2025
vs typical at UNION SCALE
4
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 2,853 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
4
3 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
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 393.43DBMA (Brake - Breakaway not attached to the towing vehicle., severity weight 4). (393.43DBMA)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3C63RRHL4HG528211 DE C147932 RAM
Ticket: Dodge
3500 2017
2 SEMI-TRAILER 3FHCX48A9PH000082 PA XRK6466 HUNTER TRAILERS HUNTER TRAILERS 2023

Violations Cited

4 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.43DBMA Brake - Breakaway not attached to the towing vehicle. 4 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.48A-BIHE Hydraulic/Electric Brake - Inoperative other than a steering axle. 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.9A-LCL Lighting - Clearance lamp(s) inoperative. 2 Vehicle Maintenance
395.8F12-HOSM HOS (Manner) - Driver's record of duty status failed to record shipping document number(s) or name of shipper and commodity for each 24 hour period. Date: Hours of Service

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
85693499 Sep 2, 2025 VT L2 FAIR HAVEN SCALE HOUSE 0
85345887 Jul 28, 2025 VA L2 STEPHENS CITY VA 3 OOS

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87172019 Feb 26, 2026 NM L1 3FHCX48A9PH000082
87172019 Feb 26, 2026 NM L1 3C63RRHL4HG528211
85693499 Sep 2, 2025 VT L2 3FHCX48A9PH000082
85693499 Sep 2, 2025 VT L2 3C63RRHL4HG528211
85345887 Jul 28, 2025 VA L2 3C63RRHL4HG528211 OOS
85345887 Jul 28, 2025 VA L2 3FHCX48A9PH000082 OOS
E965424991 Sep 5, 2024 PA L1 3FHCX48A9PH000082
9438000273 Aug 28, 2024 ME L1 3FHCX48A9PH000082 OOS

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