Carrier profile · USDOT 682406 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ASH TIMBER CO INC

4 power unitsavg 17.7 yrLocal · 1 statesDERIDDER, LA82/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED 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 62.5%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 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 27.4 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 4-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
4
Inspections · 24 mo
10
Annualized
≈5 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

78%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
82%
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 24 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 17 total · 0 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20231010
20211011
20161011
20152012
20141011
20121011
20093023
20083023
20041011
20031011
20001011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 5, 2024LA00Yes
Apr 25, 2023LA01No
Jun 23, 2021LA01Yes
Mar 18, 2016LA01Yes
Oct 8, 2015LA00Yes
Jan 13, 2015LA01Yes
Nov 7, 2014LA01Yes
May 29, 2012LA01Yes
Oct 8, 2009TX01Yes
Sep 28, 2009TX02Yes
Feb 6, 2009TX00Yes
Dec 31, 2008LA01Yes
Jun 25, 2008LA01Yes
Jun 24, 2008LA00Yes
Sep 16, 2004LA01Yes
Apr 15, 2003LA03Yes
Oct 27, 2000LA01Yes