Butch's Rat Hole & Anchor Service Inc
DBA BUTCH'S
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
70 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 6
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 143
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 72
- Annualized
- ≈36 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving65 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance42 · 5 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 4 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 8 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 63 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 23, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 18, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 6, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2024 | TX | 0 | 2 | No |
| Aug 11, 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 27, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 13, 2024 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 3, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 29, 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 2, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 26, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 14, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 26, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 14, 2022 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 18, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2021 | TX | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Aug 28, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 24, 2020 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 16, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2017 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2017 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2017 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2017 | TX | 0 | 6 | Yes |