Carrier profile · USDOT 4023650 · MC-1522773 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

HK Trucking LLC

125 power unitsavg 6.3 yrNational · 32 statesCHARLOTTE, NC81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1522773 ACTIVE
Verified linkshkloads365.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.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 26.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 10.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 76 vehicle and 200 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.3% · 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 14.2 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

196 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 15

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 125-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
125
Inspections · 24 mo
200
Annualized
≈100 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

90%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
99%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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.

  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance84 · 20 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving84 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance35 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 19 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 3 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

177 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

58ELD device issues
14No log / no ELD
63False logs
33Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 21 total · 19 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
19
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266026
2025110511
20244024
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 26, 2026IN00Yes
Apr 30, 2026KY02Yes
Apr 25, 2026IN00Yes
Apr 10, 2026AL00Yes
Feb 5, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 31, 2026NC01Yes
Dec 23, 2025TN00Yes
Dec 20, 2025TN00Yes
Dec 14, 2025VA02Yes
Dec 6, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 3, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 29, 2025PA00Yes
Nov 9, 2025PA03Yes
Sep 27, 2025SC00Yes
Aug 25, 2025NV03Yes
Jul 26, 2025KS00Yes
Jan 9, 2025KS02Yes
Dec 7, 2024KY00Yes
Aug 27, 2024IL00Yes
Jul 22, 2024AR01Yes
Jan 25, 2024OH01Yes