Carrier profile · USDOT 3225405 · MC-1010253 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Grasshopper Trucking LLC

DBA KANGAROO TRANS

133 power unitsavg 6 yrNational · 42 statesLA GRANGE, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1010253 ACTIVE
Verified linksgrasshoppertrucking.netFMCSA 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 33.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 169 vehicle and 315 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.7% · 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 9.3 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

315 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 25

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 133-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
133
Inspections · 24 mo
315
Annualized
≈158 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

72%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
88%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
58%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
87%
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 Driving229 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance71 · 9 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance67 · 16 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance63 · 54 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance49 · 12 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance36 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance29 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance28 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance25 · 12 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

138 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

61ELD device issues
17No log / no ELD
43False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 56% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 56 total · 18 in 24 mo

56
Total crashes
18
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267026
20259009
20247016
2023100110
2022120512
20219039
20202002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 15, 2026MO00Yes
Jul 11, 2026KY02Yes
Jun 17, 2026NJ00Yes
Jun 12, 2026PA00Yes
May 6, 2026NC01No
Apr 29, 2026OH00Yes
Mar 16, 2026IN00Yes
Oct 26, 2025VA00Yes
Jul 22, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 16, 2025GA00Yes
Jun 8, 2025GA00Yes
Jun 5, 2025IN00Yes
May 8, 2025IA00Yes
May 7, 2025GA00Yes
Apr 8, 2025VA00Yes
Feb 11, 2025KY00Yes
Dec 20, 2024WI00Yes
Aug 23, 2024IL01No
Jul 15, 2024IL00Yes
Jul 13, 2024NC00Yes
May 21, 2024MN00Yes
May 13, 2024IN00Yes
Apr 18, 2024GA00Yes
Sep 22, 2023IN00Yes
Sep 16, 2023TN00Yes