Carrier profile · USDOT 2912752 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BELLWETHER FOREST PRODUCTS LLC

DBA LOTS GROUP

35 power unitsavg 7.6 yrLocal · 1 statesCAMDEN, SC68/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linkslotsgroup.comFMCSA SAFER

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 55.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 29 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

75.0% · 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 43.8 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

27 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 35-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
35
Inspections · 24 mo
29
Annualized
≈15 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

25%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
84%
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 Driving33 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 5 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 76 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 18 total · 2 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20243112
20232012
20221001
20214034
20192112
20184034
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 25, 2025SC00Yes
Feb 6, 2025SC00Yes
Jun 24, 2024SC02Yes
Apr 22, 2024SC10No
Jan 3, 2024SC00Yes
Mar 20, 2023SC00Yes
Jan 26, 2023SC01Yes
Nov 21, 2022SC00Yes
Dec 20, 2021SC00Yes
Dec 13, 2021SC01Yes
Aug 30, 2021SC01Yes
Apr 7, 2021SC02Yes
Sep 25, 2019SC10Yes
Jul 25, 2019SC01Yes
Oct 12, 2018SC01Yes
Mar 6, 2018SC01Yes
Feb 8, 2018SC01Yes
Jan 2, 2018SC00Yes