Carrier profile · USDOT 1812986 · MC-689217 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Cuate Trucking LLC

DBA CUATE TRUCKING SAC GRINDING

62 power unitsavg 12.9 yrLocal · 1 statesMILES, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-689217 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 18.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 64 vehicle and 68 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 6.0 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

63 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 7

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 62-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
62
Inspections · 24 mo
68
Annualized
≈34 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

19%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
62%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
79%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
56%
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 Maintenance36 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness5 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 25 total · 4 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254023
20241001
20234023
20224023
20213032
20201011
20191001
20182002
20171001
20151011
20111011
20082002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 5, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 29, 2025TX01Yes
Sep 24, 2025TX01No
Aug 5, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 25, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 21, 2023TX00Yes
Dec 1, 2023TX00Yes
Sep 13, 2023TX01Yes
Jan 30, 2023TX01No
Aug 14, 2022TX00Yes
Jun 27, 2022TX00Yes
Jun 2, 2022TX01No
Jan 30, 2022TX02Yes
Nov 22, 2021TX01No
Jul 1, 2021TX01Yes
May 31, 2021OK01Yes
Aug 1, 2020TX01Yes
Sep 19, 2019TX00Yes
Jul 9, 2018TX00Yes
May 2, 2018TX00Yes
Oct 23, 2017TX00Yes
Dec 9, 2015TX01Yes
May 8, 2011NM02Yes
Nov 15, 2008TX00Yes
Nov 15, 2008TX00Yes