Carrier profile · USDOT 536896 · MC-454280 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

A & B TIMBER INC

20 power unitsavg 14.8 yrRegional · 3 statesHARRELL, AR82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-454280 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 20.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

28.6% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 19.7 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 3

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 20-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
20
Inspections · 24 mo
34
Annualized
17 / yr
Coverage
0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
62%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
46%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
40%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 18, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
9No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 43 total · 1 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20211001
20201001
20193003
20181001
20173023
20162012
20152012
20142111
20133113
20124034
20114024
20101011
20081001
20074014
20062012
20052002
20041011
20033133
20021011
19911000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 26, 2024AR00Yes
Nov 3, 2021AR00Yes
Jan 15, 2020AR00Yes
Dec 27, 2019AR00Yes
Jul 24, 2019AR00Yes
May 16, 2019AR00Yes
Sep 5, 2018AR00Yes
Aug 31, 2017AR01Yes
Jun 30, 2017AR01Yes
Jun 26, 2017AR00Yes
Jul 15, 2016AR00Yes
Jun 1, 2016LA06Yes
Dec 11, 2015AR00Yes
May 5, 2015AR01Yes
Sep 23, 2014LA02No
Aug 1, 2014AR10Yes
Nov 21, 2013AR00Yes
Sep 6, 2013LA01Yes
Apr 6, 2013AR10Yes
Apr 5, 2012AR01Yes
Feb 16, 2012TX01Yes
Jan 24, 2012AR01Yes
Jan 24, 2012AR00Yes
Nov 30, 2011AR01Yes
Oct 24, 2011AR00Yes