For landscape, tree and contractor crews with 2 to 25 trucks
Type your DOT number. DOT Trades reads your public roadside record back in plain words, tells you what to fix first, and keeps every truck and driver ready for the next stop.
The number on your truck door. Free, no account. Not sure you need one? Check in a minute.
An officer pulls over a pickup and trailer. There is no inspection sticker, the driver has no medical card, and the breakaway cable is hanging loose. The truck sits where it is until that is fixed, and the job waits.
Then it gets worse. The stop goes on the company's federal record, and a company with a record gets stopped again. Bigger outfits hire a fleet manager at this point. DOT Trades does that job for a small one.
Your record, read back to you
Every roadside inspection on your DOT number is public. We pull the last 24 months, put each violation in plain words, and sort the list so the things that park a truck come first.
To clear it: Attach the breakaway cable, and check the breakaway battery.
To clear it: Get a medical exam, carry the card, and keep a copy in the driver file.
To clear it: Get the yearly inspection done and keep the report (or a decal) with the truck.
How it works
Your company, your inspections and your violations fill in from the federal record. Nothing to enter by hand.
The rating off the door jamb, the inspection date, the medical card date. Snap a photo of each document.
One list of what an officer could cite today, worst first, and what is coming due in the next 30 days.
What it keeps for you
Your state's rules, not only the federal ones
Most small crews work in one state, and the states do not agree. We read each state's rule from its own statute or agency text, and we say so when a point could not be confirmed.
Checked so far:
In any other state we apply the federal rule and tell you that is what you are seeing.
Same pickup and trailer, 16,900 lb together, in-state only
| DOT number | Medical card | Yearly inspection | Driver file | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Michigan | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Wisconsin | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Minnesota | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Pennsylvania | No | No | No | No |
Give us one truck, its trailer and your state. You get the answer and the rule it comes from.
Questions owners ask
Often, yes. Most states apply truck rules to in-state companies once the truck, or the truck and trailer together, is rated 10,001 lb or more. A one-ton pickup with an equipment trailer is usually over that. The details change from state to state, so run the free check for yours.
From the federal inspection files that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration publishes. They run about two days behind. We show the last 24 months.
No. It is a plain-words reading of the rules, with the citation next to each one so you or your insurer can check it.
Hours-of-service logs and electronic logging devices, GPS tracking, fuel tax filing, payroll and dispatch. It does the DOT paperwork and nothing else.
It is in early access and free to use right now. No card needed.