Inspection form and sticker given the same day!

All inspectors are former Florida DOT Officers and are federally certified. 

Whether you use us or not make sure the inspector has proper certification 

Miami - Dade, Homestead, Monroe, Broward and South Florida 

call: Al Padilla - Elpad LLC 305-525-8314 or 305 528-6072

(Se habla Espańol)

Central Florida, call: Bill Anderson 407-952-4060

Charlotte North Carolina and surrounding areas 

call: Kevin Wuollet 980-334-4909

Commercial Motor Vehicles requiring D.O.T. inspections under Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 396

Trucks, Tractors and Trailers "Hot Shot" combinations:

All interstate commercial motor vehicles or combination vehicles with a GVWR in excess of 10,001 GVW and all intrastate vehicles or combination vehicles with a GVWR in excess of 26,001 GVW 

For combination units the power unit, dolly, trailer and semi-trailer are required to be inspected.

Motor Coaches and Buses:

Motor Coaches & Buses 16 passengers (including the driver) or more interstate or intrastate.

Bus or vans 9 to 15 passengers Interstate includes seaport/airport pickups and drop-offs are required to have a annual DOT Periodic inspection. 

(Ruling Febuary 12, 2001) 

We provide mobile on-site Inspection service in the Central & South Florida regions, and

Charlotte, North Carolina area. Call for an appointment. We come to you. Repair shops that perform DOT inspections are regularly limited on time and parking space. 

Monroe, Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, extra charge for other Counties

Contact us at 305-525-8314 for prices

Central Florida

We provide service in Central Fl, Tampa and Orlando areas

Call 407-952-4060

Charlotte North Carolina area

Call 980-334-4909

On Site Inspection Service:

On site inspector services saves you money and reduces down time.

Depending on size, we can come in and do your whole fleet at one time.

This saves you down time and employment costs.

We can conduct safety inspections on Saturdays and Sundays by appointment.

Emergency inspections:

We have been known to do emergency work for fleets, in case of a DOT Audit an about to expire certificate or fleets rapidly relocating

Inspector Qualifications: 

Former DOT Officers certified under Title 49 CFR 396.19 having 20 or more years experience as a commercial Vehicle Inspectors for the State of Fl. and now for the private sector. 

Type of Inspection:

All Inspections are done according to CFR Part 396 Appendix G to Subpart B (Inspection, repair & maintenance) 

We do a full inspection compatible to a roadside level 1 safety inspection.This inspection helps reduce violations which in terms reduce points against  your carrier registration.

Prehire, Inspection service:

Performing regularly and pre-hire safety inspections for contracted drivers and owner operators helps your Maintenance Category BASIC. Various fleets perform inspections in a regular basis (often every 3 months) with the whole purpose of minimizing on the road violations that are written under a Driver/Vehicle Examination Report (DVER) and are publicly exposed on line, under the safety measurement system (SMS).

On Call List 

We have a on call list and will call you several weeks in advance when your inspections are due.

Be careful,  make sure the person doing the inspection is fully certified to do the inspection. FMCSA DOT audits & compliance investigations requests Inspector and brake certification documentation.

In addition we can help you with any safety consultant issues and guide you in the right direction.