Carrier profile · USDOT 3289625 · MC-1582273 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

AXE DIRECTIONAL DRILLING LLC

52 power unitsavg 12.4 yrLocal · 2 statesJOAQUIN, TX62/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1582273 INACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

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 76.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 21 vehicle and 21 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 13.8 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

19 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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 52-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: 52
Inspections · 24 mo: 21
Annualized: ≈11 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

23%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

64%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

99%

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 Driving99 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance68 · 6 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance42 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance34 · 23 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance33 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 21 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 79 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 10 total · 5 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Injury	Tow
2025	2	1	2
2024	7	4	7
2020	1	0	1

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
May 4, 2025	LA	0	Yes
Feb 23, 2025	LA	1	Yes
Dec 27, 2024	LA	1	Yes
Nov 18, 2024	LA	0	Yes
Nov 14, 2024	LA	0	Yes
Jul 21, 2024	LA	1	Yes
Jun 8, 2024	LA	1	Yes
Jun 7, 2024	LA	0	Yes
Apr 5, 2024	LA	2	Yes
Jun 4, 2020	NJ	0	Yes