Fairburn
Roadside inspection site in South Dakota • 10 inspections on record
Fairburn is a roadside inspection site in South Dakota where state law-enforcement officers conduct commercial-vehicle inspections under the federal Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP). Most inspections at this site are Level III — Driver Only. Last recorded inspection: Apr 27, 2026. Use this page to see how often the site is active, what violations inspectors most often cite, which carriers come through, and how the out-of-service rate compares to the state average.
Inspection station on file
Fairburn is on file with the FMCSA inspection program. Activity may be intermittent — review the activity heatmap below to see when the site has been most heavily staffed.
- Name:
- Fairburn
- State:
- South Dakota (SD)
- Total Inspections:
- 10
- Active Since:
- Jan 10, 2024
- Latest Inspection:
- Apr 27, 2026
Ranks 268th by inspection volume in South Dakota.
About This Inspection Site
Fairburn is a roadside inspection location in South Dakota where FMCSA-certified inspectors conduct safety inspections of commercial motor vehicles under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP). This site has conducted 10 recorded inspections from Jan 10, 2024 to Apr 27, 2026 .
A total of 10 unique carriers have been inspected at this site. The average number of violations per inspection is 0.4.
Inspections follow CVSA (Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance) North American Standard procedures and may include weight checks, credential verification, mechanical inspection, hours-of-service compliance review, and hazardous materials documentation checks. Vehicles or drivers that fail critical safety criteria are placed out of service until deficiencies are corrected.
Reported inspection-feed labels
Raw FMCSA reported-location label that have been recorded against this canonical inspection site. Each link opens the audit/evidence cluster page for that label — every inspection FMCSA filed under that exact reported text, in the South Dakota inspection feed. For the deep canonical-station view, you're already here.
Top Carriers Inspected Here
Carriers most frequently inspected at this site — top 10 by inspection count.
| # | Carrier | Inspections |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WAL-MART TRANSPORTATION LLC | 1 |
| 2 | J B HUNT TRANSPORT INC | 1 |
| 3 | FAIRBANKS SCALES INC | 1 |
| 4 | STOKES TRUCKING LLC | 1 |
| 5 | CP TRUX LLC | 1 |
| 6 | MAX POWER TRANSPORT INC | 1 |
| 7 | EDOTEX TRUCKING INC | 1 |
| 8 | STELLAR CARGO INC | 1 |
| 9 | SHOD EXPRESS LLC | 1 |
| 10 | GORSUCH & SONS INC | 1 |
Monthly Inspection Volume
Inspections per month, last 7 months.
Peer Stations in South Dakota
Stations of similar inspection volume — useful for comparing OOS rates and operating patterns.
How to use station-level data
- Note the station's typical activity hours. Use the monthly inspection volume chart on this page to see when Fairburn has historically been most active. FMCSA does not publish official hours, so the inspection record is the closest proxy.
- Check what level of inspection typically happens here. The Inspection Level Breakdown shows what mix of CVSA Level I, II, III, IV, V, and VI inspections this site runs. Expect the level-mix at the next visit to look similar.
- Pre-trip against common roadside inspection items. Walk-around the tractor and trailer for brakes, lights, tires, coupling, and hours-of-service paperwork before entering a high-activity inspection corridor.
- Track your own inspection history at /usdot/{your-USDOT}/inspections/. After every inspection, confirm the report shows up on your USDOT profile within 30 days. Disputes (DataQs) must be filed against your own record, not the station's.
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Recent Inspections
Latest 10 of 10 inspections at this site. View full inspection log →
| Inspection ID | Carrier | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| 87687908 | GORSUCH & SONS INC | 2 |
| 86190438 | STELLAR CARGO INC | 0 |
| 85964923 | CP TRUX LLC | 1 |
| 85932776 | SHOD EXPRESS LLC | 0 |
| 85044884 | J B HUNT TRANSPORT INC | 0 |
| 84920039 | MAX POWER TRANSPORT INC | 0 |
| 83220816 | EDOTEX TRUCKING INC | 1 |
| 82916925 | STOKES TRUCKING LLC | 0 |
| 82418775 | WAL-MART TRANSPORTATION LLC | 0 |
| 80585842 | FAIRBANKS SCALES INC | 0 |
Full record tables
Paginated carrier, inspection, and violation-code logs for this station.
About FMCSA inspection stations
FMCSA inspection stations — sometimes called weigh stations, scales, or ports of entry — are the physical points where state law-enforcement officers stop commercial motor vehicles to conduct safety inspections, weight checks, and credential verification. The federal Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) funds the inspector workforce; the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) defines the inspection-level standards (Levels I through VI). Every report becomes part of FMCSA's national inspection file, which is what TruckCodex mirrors here.
A station's "OOS rate" — out-of-service rate — measures the share of inspections that ended with the vehicle, driver, or both placed out of service. A high OOS rate doesn't necessarily mean the inspectors are stricter; more often it reflects the population of carriers passing through the corridor. A low OOS rate often means the station is on a route used by larger, well-maintained fleets running regular pre-trip programs.
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