Carrier profile · USDOT 421045 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Big D Equipment Company Ltd

DBA BIG D EQUIPMENT COMPANY

70 power unitsavg 11.7 yrRegional · 3 statesMIDLAND, TX70/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbigdco.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 46.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 26.9 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

16 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 2

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
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 70-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
70
Inspections · 24 mo
16
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
41%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
72%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

Crash history· 29 total · 2 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251011
20242002
20233012
20222012
20202002
20182002
20161011
20143013
20134124
20123102
20111001
20101001
20071001
20002002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 16, 2026OK00Yes
Nov 13, 2025TX03Yes
Mar 5, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 6, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 18, 2023TX01No
Feb 10, 2023TX00Yes
Jan 8, 2023TX00Yes
Oct 2, 2022TX01Yes
Aug 11, 2022TX00Yes
Sep 22, 2020TX00Yes
May 11, 2020TX00Yes
Oct 16, 2018TX00Yes
Feb 15, 2018TX00Yes
Dec 19, 2016TX01Yes
Oct 3, 2014TX01Yes
Apr 28, 2014TX00Yes
Jan 29, 2014TX00Yes
Aug 15, 2013TX13Yes
Jul 16, 2013TX00Yes
Feb 19, 2013TX01Yes
Jan 17, 2013TX00Yes
Nov 8, 2012TX00Yes
Jun 22, 2012TX00Yes
Feb 27, 2012TX10No
Nov 19, 2011TX00Yes