Carrier profile · USDOT 4006982 · MC-1507510 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

DK MAX PRIME INC

10 power unitsavg 2.8 yrNational · 44 statesCINCINNATI, OH81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1507510 ACTIVE
Verified linksdkmaxprime.comFMCSA SAFER

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 24.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 189 vehicle and 419 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

34.0% · 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 16.9 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

417 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 43

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
≈21.0 / 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
10
Inspections · 24 mo
420
Annualized
≈210 / yr
Coverage
≈21.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

75%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
47%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
75%
Driver Fitness
Alert
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
72%
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 Driving176 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance45 · 32 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 6 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 5 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance21 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
4False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 25 total · 25 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
25
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267025
2025171517
20241001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 2, 2026UT00Yes
Jun 4, 2026MA00Yes
Apr 29, 2026OH01No
Apr 26, 2026CA00Yes
Feb 3, 2026TN01No
Jan 15, 2026OH00Yes
Jan 3, 2026OK00Yes
Dec 22, 2025MN11Yes
Dec 13, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 7, 2025WI00Yes
Nov 24, 2025MD00Yes
Oct 3, 2025NM01Yes
Sep 30, 2025AL01Yes
Sep 18, 2025KS00Yes
Sep 9, 2025NV00Yes
Aug 11, 2025IL00Yes
Jul 1, 2025NC01Yes
Jun 29, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 19, 2025SC00Yes
Jun 2, 2025TX00Yes
May 30, 2025WV00Yes
Mar 26, 2025FL00Yes
Feb 12, 2025NE01Yes
Feb 7, 2025FL00Yes
Oct 25, 2024IN00Yes