Carrier profile · USDOT 3533973 · MC-1177502 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Hill Billy Trucking LLC

DBA HILLBILLY TRUCKING

62 power unitsCOLUMBUS, OH0/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1177502 INACTIVEOUT-OF-SERVICE ORDER
Verified linkshillbillycarrier.comFMCSA 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.

Active federal out-of-service order — do not tender

90 day failure to pay fine · ordered Jul 14, 2024

FMCSA has ordered this carrier to cease operations. Verify current status with FMCSA before any tender.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative

Vehicle OOS —24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS —24-mo cumulative
030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 0 vehicle and 0 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.3% · 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 6.9 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

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
65%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
0violations
clean · per-BASIC

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 Driving134 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance84 · 56 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance63 · 10 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance31 · 15 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance30 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

50 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 15, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

31ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
7False logs
1Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 35 total · 0 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20248018
20232211122
20225005
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 18, 2024VA00Yes
May 3, 2024CT00Yes
Mar 5, 2024NJ00Yes
Feb 26, 2024OH02Yes
Jan 18, 2024KS00Yes
Jan 16, 2024WV00Yes
Jan 16, 2024PA00Yes
Jan 13, 2024CO00Yes
Dec 27, 2023CO00Yes
Dec 13, 2023NC01Yes
Dec 4, 2023OK01Yes
Nov 27, 2023NJ01Yes
Nov 8, 2023WY01Yes
Oct 21, 2023MN23Yes
Sep 27, 2023AR00Yes
Sep 22, 2023TX01Yes
Sep 20, 2023TX00Yes
Sep 13, 2023WY00Yes
Sep 11, 2023NJ00Yes
Sep 10, 2023FL02Yes
Aug 7, 2023MD00Yes
May 19, 2023OK00Yes
May 11, 2023VA01Yes
May 7, 2023CO01Yes
Apr 20, 2023TX01Yes