PIONEER TRAILS INC
USDOT 153172MC-Docket MC180379MILLERSBURG, OH
Review before tendering31 power units
PIONEER TRAILS INC (USDOT 153172) in MILLERSBURG, OH — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file: $5,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Current BIPD policy (RLI INSURANCE COMPANY) was filed 27 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2017-10-18) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are at or below the national roadside average.
- No preventable crashes in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available not elevated.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 6 times, most recent 2017-10-18 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2025-02-11 (C).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 0
Hours of service
No alert
measure 1.4
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 0.97
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Crashes
43
Inspections
3
OOS inspections
5
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $5,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 31
- Total drivers
- 54
- Years in business
- 52
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 0%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 7.3%
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 6 times last 2017-10-18
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-02-24
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2025-02-11 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
81
Inspections
6
OOS inspections
38
Violations
8
OOS violations
1
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-07-06 → 2025-09-17.
Crash history (last 24 months)
No crashes recorded in the last 24 months.
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
31 | 13 | 2025-02-12 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
3 | 1 | 2024-11-19 |
Hours of service 395
|
3 | 0 | 2024-07-27 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2024-05-09 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hydraulic/Electric Brake - Severe rusting of brake rotor (disc) on a steering axle | OOS |
| 2025-02-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Disc Brake - Severe rusting of brake rotor (disc) | — |
| 2025-02-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Buses - Required emergency exit inoperative (does not open close and/or secure as designed) | OOS |
| 2024-11-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Steering - Power steering leaking anywhere. | — |
| 2024-11-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lubrication - Oil or grease leak | — |
| 2024-10-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at other than a proper connection | OOS |
| 2024-10-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Disc Brake - Severe rusting of brake rotor (disc) | — |
| 2024-10-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV other than truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1998 not equipped with an antilock brake syste | — |
| 2024-10-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Buses - Required emergency exit inoperative (does not open close and/or secure as designed) | OOS |
| 2024-10-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2024-07-27 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Passenger) - Driving more than 10 hours following 8 consecutive hours off duty during the previous 8 consecutive da | — |
| 2024-05-09 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 12 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2025-02-12 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BSRFSAD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 62-BEI | OOS | — |
2025-02-12 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BSRFSHE-SA | OOS | — |
2024-11-19 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 209E-SPSLA | — | — |
2024-11-19 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-L | — | — |
2024-10-23 6 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 62-BEI | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-BAAL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BSRFSAD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BSRFSAD | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C2-B | — | — |
2024-07-27 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 5(a)(1) | — | — |
2024-05-09 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23(a)(2) | OOS | — |
2023-12-14 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 62(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 62(c) | OOS | — |
2023-12-14 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 51 | OOS | — |
2023-11-16 18 violsPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 51 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 209(e) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 201(a) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207(f) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(f) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 62(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 62(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 62(a) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 201(a) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 80 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 62(e) | — | — |
2023-07-06 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 11(g) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(d) | — | — |
2023-07-06 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 11(g) | — | — |
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