Carrier profile · USDOT 373544 · MC-218762 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Gentle Giant Interstate Company LLC

DBA GENTLE GIANT MOVING COMPANY GENTLE GIANT MOVING AND STORAGE

88 power unitsavg 4.7 yrNational · 23 statesWINCHESTER, MA82/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-218762 ACTIVE

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 4.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 7.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 41 vehicle and 77 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.0% · 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 11.8 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

75 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 9

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

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 88-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 88
Inspections · 24 mo: 77
Annualized: ≈39 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

22%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

46%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

46%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

20%

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 Driving37 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 4, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD 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· 12 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	1	1
2023	2	0	1	2
2021	1	0	1	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2015	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	1	1
2010	1	1	0	1
2007	1	0	1	1
2006	1	0	1	0
1999	1	0	1	0
1997	1	0	1	0

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Oct 30, 2025	NH	0	1	Yes
Oct 13, 2023	MA	0	3	Yes
Jan 12, 2023	CT	0	0	Yes
Jul 17, 2021	FL	0	1	Yes
Sep 19, 2018	NC	0	0	Yes
Dec 22, 2015	MA	0	0	Yes
Oct 10, 2012	CT	0	1	Yes
Jan 14, 2010	MA	1	0	Yes
Jul 26, 2007	MA	0	1	Yes
Jan 23, 2006	MA	0	2	No
Jan 7, 1999	MA	0	1	No
Aug 12, 1997	MA	0	1	No