Proceed with caution on PACKAGING DISTRIBUTION SERVICES INC: FMCSA safety rating: Conditional. Out-of-service rate 40% is above the ~21% national average.
PACKAGING DISTRIBUTION SERVICES INC
DBA: PDS PACKAGING
DOT 55734 · MC-176028
High Risk
Authority
✓ Active
Insurance
✓ On File
Safety Rating
Conditional
OOS Rate
20.0%
3/15 inspections
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9 trucks · 8 drivers
DES MOINES, IA
1974
Whole Public Record
Identity & Registration
- USDOT number
- 55734
- MC number
- MC-176028
- Entity / operation
- Interstate
- Location
- DES MOINES, IA
- Registered
- Jun 1, 1974
Operating Status
- Operating status
- Active
- MCS-150 biennial update
- Currentnext due Apr 30, 2027
- MCS-150 last filed
- Apr 14, 2026
- MCS-150 mileage
- 200,500 mi
Authority & Insurance
- Common authority
- None
- Contract authority
- None
- Broker authority
- None
- BIPD insurance on file
- $750,000$750,000 required
- Cargo insurance
- Not required
- Insurer
- THE CHARTER OAK FIRE INSURANCE CO.Policy Y-810-4803A97A-COF-11
Fleet
- Power units
- 9
- Drivers
- 8
Safety Snapshot
- Safety rating
- Conditionalrated 19920803
- Driver OOS rate
- 0.0%FMCSA official rate (national avg 5.51%)
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 40.0%FMCSA official rate (national avg 21%)
- Crashes, last 24 months
- 0
- Recent inspections
- 15most recent on record
- Recordable crash rate
- —
CSA BASIC Status
Not publicly scored — no SMS BASIC data on file for this carrier.
View full BASIC scores on FMCSA SMS →Pulled live from FMCSA — census, licensing & insurance, and SMS BASIC records. OOS rates marked "FMCSA official rate" come from FMCSA’s carrier safety record; any others are computed from this carrier’s most recent roadside inspections on record. Informational only.
Recent Inspections (15)
| Date | LevelLevel 1 is the most thorough inspection (full vehicle and driver review). Level 2 is a walk-around. Level 3 is driver-only. Level 5 is vehicle-only without driver present. | State | ViolationsThe total number of violations found during this roadside inspection, including both driver and vehicle issues. | StatusOut-of-Service (OOS) means the violation was serious enough that the vehicle or driver was ordered off the road until the issue is corrected. | Expand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/29/2026 | Level 1 | US | 2 | OOS Violation | |
| 3/10/2026 | Level 1 | TX | 3 | Passed | |
| 12/29/2025 | Level 3 | NE | 0 | Passed | |
| 11/12/2025 | Level 1 | IA | 2 | OOS Violation | |
| 9/29/2025 | Level 3 | IA | 1 | Passed | |
| 8/28/2025 | Level 3 | NE | 0 | Passed | |
| 8/13/2025 | Level 3 | NE | 0 | Passed | |
| 7/17/2025 | Level 1 | NE | 0 | Passed | |
| 5/14/2025 | Level 1 | IA | 1 | Passed | |
| 4/2/2025 | Level 3 | MN | 2 | Passed | |
| 7/29/2024 | Level 1 | TX | 5 | Passed | |
| 6/20/2024 | Level 1 | MN | 3 | Passed | |
| 3/27/2024 | Level 3 | NE | 0 | Passed | |
| 2/23/2024 | Level 1 | IA | 4 | OOS Violation | |
| 10/4/2023 | Level 1 | MN | 1 | Passed |
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