Carrier profile · USDOT 1750086 · MC-640640 · Updated Jul 23, 2026

Advantage Metals Recycling LLC

22 power unitsavg 10 yrLocal · 2 statesKANSAS CITY, KS100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-640640 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 12.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 14 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 10.6 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

13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 22-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
22
Inspections · 24 mo
14
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

22%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
16%
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.

  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.70 Coupling devices / fifth wheelVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 17 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 22 total · 0 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20221001
20211001
20202002
20192002
20162012
20142012
20134014
20113013
20102012
20092002
20081001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 13, 2022KS00Yes
Sep 20, 2021KS00Yes
Jul 1, 2020MO00Yes
May 27, 2020MO00Yes
Nov 12, 2019MO00Yes
Jul 8, 2019MO00Yes
Sep 26, 2016KS00Yes
Jun 28, 2016KS01Yes
Jul 21, 2014KS00Yes
Jan 8, 2014MO01Yes
Dec 13, 2013MO00Yes
Jun 12, 2013MO00Yes
May 23, 2013MO00Yes
Mar 21, 2013MO01Yes
Aug 23, 2011MO00Yes
Jun 2, 2011KS00Yes
May 3, 2011MO01Yes
Jun 21, 2010KS01Yes
Apr 14, 2010KS00Yes
Oct 1, 2009MO00Yes
Jun 18, 2009MO00Yes
May 6, 2008MO00Yes