Carrier profile · USDOT 2829537 · MC-945171 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

CACTUS CARGO LLC

2 power unitsavg 14.5 yrMulti-region · 11 statesSEMINOLE, TX81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-945171 ACTIVEHAZMAT

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 23.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 27 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 34.8 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈6.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 2
Inspections · 24 mo: 27
Annualized: ≈14 / yr
Coverage: ≈6.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

61%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

82%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

79%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

61%

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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

4False logs

1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 5 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	1	1	1
2023	2	0	0	2
2021	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Mar 1, 2025	AZ	3	1	Yes
Jan 27, 2023	MI	0	0	Yes
Jan 10, 2023	MO	0	0	Yes
Aug 27, 2021	MT	0	0	Yes
Feb 3, 2018	MD	0	0	Yes