Carrier profile · USDOT 1526777 · MC-569487 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Dairy Cow Compost LLC

20 power unitsavg 15 yrRegional · 3 statesSTEPHENVILLE, TX79/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-569487 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 17.0%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 — 47 vehicle and 48 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.2% · 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 3.5 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

46 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 6

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 20-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
20
Inspections · 24 mo
49
Annualized
≈25 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

31%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
62%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
66%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
79%
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 Driving76 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance39 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 2 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 27 total · 4 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20242002
20233032
20221001
20211010
20202002
20191011
20182002
20161010
20135025
20111011
20101001
20091001
20082002
20072002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 9, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 4, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 26, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 8, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 16, 2023TX01No
Nov 8, 2023AZ01Yes
Aug 25, 2023MS01Yes
Sep 2, 2022TX00Yes
Feb 11, 2021TX01No
Mar 5, 2020TX00Yes
Jan 17, 2020TX00Yes
Jun 16, 2019TX01Yes
Oct 28, 2018TX00Yes
Jun 4, 2018TX00Yes
May 16, 2016TX01No
Dec 27, 2013TX00Yes
Nov 22, 2013TX01Yes
Nov 15, 2013TX00Yes
Jun 25, 2013TX00Yes
May 26, 2013TX01Yes
Jun 13, 2011TX01Yes
Apr 2, 2010TX00Yes
Apr 14, 2009TX00Yes
Dec 20, 2008TX00Yes
Mar 8, 2008TX00Yes