Carrier profile · USDOT 1956217 · MC-855376 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

GILBERT CASTRO LLC

DBA G&G TRUCKING SERVICE

3 power unitsavg 19.7 yrLocal · 1 statesROBSTOWN, TX56/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-855376 INACTIVE
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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 60.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 20.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 5 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 16.7 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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 1

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 3-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
3
Inspections · 24 mo
5
Annualized
≈3 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
95%
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.

  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 29, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 10 total · 0 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20174114
20151001
20141001
20133003
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 29, 2017TX00Yes
Nov 27, 2017TX10Yes
Sep 17, 2017TX00Yes
Aug 18, 2017TX01Yes
Mar 18, 2015TX00Yes
Sep 2, 2014TX00Yes
Dec 31, 2013TX00Yes
Sep 26, 2013TX00Yes
Apr 30, 2013TX00Yes
Dec 23, 2011TX00Yes