Carrier profile · USDOT 3856749 · MC-1407566 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Shorthorn LLC

DBA SHORTHORN CARGO

100 power unitsavg 4.4 yrNational · 41 statesWAUWATOSA, WI87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1407566 ACTIVE
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 29.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 149 vehicle and 324 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

22.5% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 5.6 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

323 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '26 · 25

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
100
Inspections · 24 mo
324
Annualized
≈162 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

92%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
66%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
72%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving112 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance45 · 38 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance22 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 6 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 9 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 11 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

46 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

32ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
17False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 84% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 27 total · 24 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
24
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266026
2025120111
20247017
20232002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 6, 2026PA01Yes
Apr 28, 2026TN00Yes
Mar 25, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 3, 2026AZ00Yes
Feb 21, 2026AZ00Yes
Jan 23, 2026OH02Yes
Nov 30, 2025IL00Yes
Sep 22, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 5, 2025TX03No
Jul 22, 2025FL00Yes
Jul 2, 2025TN00Yes
Jun 28, 2025WI00Yes
May 22, 2025NY00Yes
Feb 3, 2025KS00Yes
Jan 28, 2025IL00Yes
Jan 28, 2025CO00Yes
Jan 7, 2025IN00Yes
Jan 5, 2025MO00Yes
Dec 8, 2024MT00Yes
Dec 8, 2024MT00Yes
Nov 25, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 24, 2024MT00Yes
Oct 20, 2024SD00Yes
Oct 4, 2024MD01Yes
Feb 3, 2024SC00Yes