VIESSMAN IOWA INC
DBA JOHNSRUD TRANSPORT INC
USDOT 107289MC-Docket MC128075DES MOINES, IA
Review before tendering105 power units
VIESSMAN IOWA INC (USDOT 107289) in DES MOINES, IA — 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: $1,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- 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.
- 4 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 3 times, most recent 1987-08-02 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 1992-06-26 (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
- Inactive
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 0.87
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.08
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 1.87
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
1
Injuries
8
Crashes
72
Inspections
3
OOS inspections
3
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 105
- Total drivers
- 92
- Years in business
- 52
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 4 of 8 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 0%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 7.5%
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
- 3 times last 1987-08-02
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2024-10-15
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 1992-06-26 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
106
Inspections
4
OOS inspections
67
Violations
6
OOS violations
3
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-19 → 2026-05-23.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2026-03-11
OK
Tow-away
2026-01-26
MO
Tow-away
2025-09-22
ND
Tow-away
2025-04-30
MO
Tow-away
2025-02-17
ND
Tow-away
2025-01-16
AL
Tow-away
2025-01-06
TX
Tow-away
2024-09-24
IL
1 injuredTow-away
2024-05-17
OH
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
29 | 11 | 2026-03-23 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
23 | 0 | 2026-05-23 |
Hours of service 395
|
10 | 0 | 2026-03-05 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
3 | 0 | 2026-05-10 |
General safety regulations 390
|
2 | 0 | 2023-10-31 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2026-03-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damage into the outer reinforcement ply. | OOS |
| 2026-03-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking in tread area and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped | OOS |
| 2026-03-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2026-03-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 and each single unit C | — |
| 2026-03-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lubrication - Oil or grease leak | — |
| 2026-03-05 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2026-02-27 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Unlawfully parking /leaving vehicle on roadway | — |
| 2026-02-27 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to manually input or verify CMV trailer number. | — |
| 2026-01-28 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2026-01-28 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information. | — |
| 2026-01-13 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-08-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove | — |
| 2025-08-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake tubing and hose adequacy | — |
| 2025-08-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2025-06-10 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2025-06-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids suffi | — |
| 2025-05-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at other than a proper connection | OOS |
| 2025-05-15 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to obey traffic control device | — |
| 2025-04-28 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2025-04-14 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Improper turns | — |
| 2024-11-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Missing/broken component(s) | — |
| 2024-11-19 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2024-11-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information. | — |
| 2024-11-14 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2024-11-11 | Unsafe Driving | Failing to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2024-07-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2024-07-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2024-07-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2024-05-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2024-04-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | OOS |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-05-23 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16-D | — | — |
2026-05-10 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTL | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
2026-04-14 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS1 | — | — |
2026-04-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
2026-03-23 3 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-BHTD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-BHTD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-BHTD | OOS | — |
2026-03-11 8 violsPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-ATIS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-ATIS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9B-LRLIWR | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSI | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLIWR | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSML | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-BAAL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 100B-C | OOS | — |
2026-03-05 8 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOLTIS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-L | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D1-B | — | — |
2026-02-27 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLUP | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2II-ELDTN | — | — |
2026-01-28 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1-ELDDFR | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2026-01-13 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS3 | — | — |
2025-08-24 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45 | — | — |
2025-06-10 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H4-ELDBRODS | — | — |
2025-05-27 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-BAAL | OOS | — |
2025-05-15 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2C | — | — |
2025-04-28 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
2025-04-14 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIT | — | — |
2024-11-26 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BMBCBD | — | — |
2024-11-19 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS3 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1-ELDDFR | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1-ELDDFR | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1-ELDDFR | — | — |
2024-11-14 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
2024-11-11 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-07-23 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(d) | — | — |
2024-05-16 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-05-02 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
2024-04-25 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | OOS | — |
2024-04-10 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30(b)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30(b)(1) | — | — |
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