Roadside Inspection 85833065

Roadside inspection on Sep 16, 2025 in Arkansas • Carrier: UNIVERSAL HAULING LLC (USDOT 4155262) • Vehicle: WESTERN STAR TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
85833065
Date:
Sep 16, 2025
State:
Arkansas
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
ALMA AR
Vehicle:
WESTERN STAR 4900 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
U5456HY (TN)

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 10.

Compared to the median Level 2 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
2
Cleaner than carrier average
Carrier averages 3.09 violations per inspection across 11 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Arkansas
2
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 6,826 Level 2 inspections in Arkansas during 2025
vs typical at ALMA AR
2
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 491 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
2
1 more than the median (1)
Compared to 1,039,543 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2025
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 26.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2025
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
22%
9 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
2 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
1
2 violations · 0 OOS · 2.00 per inspection
Prior 365 days
9
32 violations · 5 OOS · 3.56 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

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 5KJNABAV87PY41299 TN U5456HY WESTERN STAR 4900 2007
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1GRER1312HM008732 TN 587316T GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers 1987

Violations Cited

2 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
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured. 2 Vehicle Maintenance

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
85885020 Sep 24, 2025 TN L3 WILDERSVILLE TN 0
85862209 Sep 22, 2025 TN L1 CEDAR GROVE TN 9
85692398 Sep 3, 2025 AL L3 CORDOVA AL 2

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87746096 May 1, 2026 TN L2 5KJNABAV87PY41299 OOS
85862209 Sep 22, 2025 TN L1 1GRER1312HM008732
85862209 Sep 22, 2025 TN L1 5KJNABAV87PY41299
80341930 Dec 8, 2023 AR L2 5KJNABAV87PY41299 OOS
79169801 Jul 17, 2023 MS L3 5KJNABAV87PY41299

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