Carrier profile · USDOT 2820143 · MC-940290 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

FEATHERLITE LOGISTICS LLC

23 power unitsavg 7.2 yrLocal · 1 statesRICHMOND, TX62/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-940290 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 54.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 13.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 85 vehicle and 94 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

52.2% · 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

90 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Jun '25 · 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
≈2.0 / 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
23
Inspections · 24 mo
94
Annualized
≈47 / yr
Coverage
≈2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

57%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
67%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
17%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
92%
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 Maintenance104 · 30 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving95 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance38 · 33 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance28 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance25 · 16 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance22 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance20 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 90% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 11 total · 5 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20254042
20232102
20221011
20213003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 24, 2026TX01Yes
Dec 17, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 19, 2025TX01No
Nov 13, 2025TX02No
Jun 4, 2025TX03Yes
Oct 2, 2023TX00Yes
Apr 18, 2023TX10Yes
Jul 7, 2022TX01Yes
Dec 14, 2021NV00Yes
Dec 14, 2021NV00Yes
Sep 20, 2021TX00Yes