Roadside Inspection 88919104

Roadside inspection on Sep 6, 2026 in Iowa • Carrier: MONSON & SONS INC (USDOT 1281660) • Vehicle: PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
3
OOS Violations
2
67% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88919104
Date:
Sep 6, 2026
State:
Iowa
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
3
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
IA
Carrier (USDOT):
MONSON & SONS INC (1281660)
Operating authority:
MC447750
Vehicle:
PETERBILT 389 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
DD6226 (IA)

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 2 inspection nationwide in 2026, 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
3
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.86 violations per inspection across 284 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Iowa
3
Heavier than median (2)
Median of 7,000 Level 2 inspections in Iowa during 2026
vs typical at IA
3
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 1,129 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
3
2 more than the median (1)
Compared to 598,525 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 29.0%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
50%
86 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
7
10 violations · 2 OOS
Prior 90 days
17
14 violations · 3 OOS · 0.82 per inspection
Prior 365 days
86
66 violations · 12 OOS · 0.77 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 1NPXGGGG60D279400 IA DD6226 PETERBILT 389
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1UYVS2537J2007338 IA MX3449 UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER Utility Trailer Manufacturer 2018

Violations Cited

3 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
393.9A-LHLI Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative. 6 Vehicle Maintenance
393.75G-TAOW Tires - All others, weight carried exceeds tire load limit. 3 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
88938651 Sep 7, 2026 IL L2 SCALE 20 1 OOS
88881096 Sep 2, 2026 NE L3 GRAND ISLAND NE 1
88738912 Aug 16, 2026 TX L2 4 OOS
88720455 Aug 16, 2026 IL L3 0
88702373 Aug 12, 2026 TX L2 1
88694537 Aug 12, 2026 IL L3 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
85735977 Sep 8, 2025 IA L3 1NPXGGGG60D279400
82435380 Aug 17, 2024 IA L3 1NPXGGGG60D279400
82336404 Aug 7, 2024 IA L2 1UYVS2537J2007338

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