Carrier profile · USDOT 3503555 · MC-1157284 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ERCA LOGISTICS LLC

1 power unitsavg 12.3 yrNational · 18 statesDALLAS, TX75/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1157284 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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 16.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 33 vehicle and 68 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

43.8% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

61 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Sep '24 · 8

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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
≈34.0 / 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
1
Inspections · 24 mo
68
Annualized
≈34 / yr
Coverage
≈34.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

80%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
96%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
64%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
88%
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.

  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance43 · 10 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance38 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance28 · 11 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 14 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance24 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance22 · 14 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance14 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

89 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 16, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

26ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
42False logs
14Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 11 total · 2 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20249038
20232002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 8, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 5, 2024TN01Yes
Jul 10, 2024TX01No
Jul 4, 2024AR00Yes
May 17, 2024AR00Yes
May 11, 2024GA00Yes
Mar 13, 2024FL00Yes
Jan 19, 2024TN01Yes
Jan 16, 2024TN00Yes
Dec 12, 2023TN00Yes
Dec 5, 2023LA00Yes