Roadside Inspection 88733649

Roadside inspection on Aug 18, 2026 in California • Carrier: MERCHANTS METALS LLC (USDOT 283413) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
0
OOS Violations
0
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88733649
Date:
Aug 18, 2026
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
0
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
GILROY IF
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
3281761 (IN)

What this inspection means

This is a clean inspection — no violations were recorded.

Compared to the median Level 1 inspection nationwide in 2026, this is a clean and typical result.

Severity context

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

vs this carrier's typical
0
Cleaner than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.85 violations per inspection across 226 prior records
vs Level 1 median in California
0
Cleaner than median (1)
Median of 98,094 Level 1 inspections in California during 2026
vs typical at GILROY IF
0
On par with station median (0)
Median of 17,893 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
0
1 fewer than the median (1)
Compared to 403,278 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
No
Cohort OOS rate: 28.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
56%
54 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
5
2 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
14
4 violations · 0 OOS · 0.29 per inspection
Prior 365 days
54
37 violations · 8 OOS · 0.69 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (4 violations across 14 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.85 per inspection).

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJHLDV8NSNU3541 IN 3281761 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2022
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1GR4M9621SH717990 OK DH3649 GREAT DANE TRAILERS Great Dane Trailers 2025
No violations cited during this inspection.

Nearby inspections (same carrier, ±60 days)

Other times this carrier was inspected around the same date.

Inspection Date State Level Location Violations OOS
88796985 Aug 24, 2026 MD L2 ANNAPOLIS MD 0
88673959 Aug 11, 2026 CA L1 GILROY IF 0
88638038 Aug 6, 2026 PA L3 2
88632215 Aug 5, 2026 FL L3 0
88614990 Aug 3, 2026 IN L1 0
88488619 Jul 22, 2026 SC L3 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88673959 Aug 11, 2026 CA L1 1GR4M9621SH717990
88410759 Jul 14, 2026 CA L1 1GR4M9621SH717990
87317600 Mar 17, 2026 CA L2 1GR4M9621SH717990 OOS
86670086 Dec 23, 2025 CA L2 1GR4M9621SH717990
84409950 Apr 10, 2025 CA L1 3AKJHLDV8NSNU3541
84297178 Mar 26, 2025 CA L1 1GR4M9621SH717990
84150574 Mar 14, 2025 CA L3 1GR4M9621SH717990
83551168 Dec 31, 2024 CA L1 1GR4M9621SH717990

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