Carrier profile · USDOT 1091879 · MC-849331 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

BRISTLECONE GROUP LLC

DBA PRECISION EQUIPMENT PLACEMENT

51 power unitsavg 4.5 yrNational · 17 statesAURORA, CO94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-849331 ACTIVE
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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 13.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 61 vehicle and 109 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.5% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

106 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 12

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 51-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
51
Inspections · 24 mo
109
Annualized
≈55 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
90%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
77%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.22measure
SMS · per-BASIC
38%
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 Driving53 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance22 · 5 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 1 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness12 · 5 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

50 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

21ELD device issues
10No log / no ELD
6False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 81% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 9 total · 2 in 24 mo

9
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20231001
20222002
20202012
20181001
20061001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 26, 2025MS01Yes
Jan 27, 2025CO00Yes
Mar 24, 2023OR00Yes
May 31, 2022TN00Yes
Mar 7, 2022LA00Yes
Jul 13, 2020WA00Yes
May 27, 2020CO01Yes
Jul 18, 2018ID00Yes
Sep 12, 2006WA00Yes