Carrier profile · USDOT 2150093 · MC-747681 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

J7 Trucking LLC

64 power unitsavg 12.8 yrRegional · 5 statesALVARADO, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-747681 ACTIVE
Verified linksj7trucking.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 21.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 136 vehicle and 151 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 15.1 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

145 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 19

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 64-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
64
Inspections · 24 mo
153
Annualized
≈77 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
68%
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 Driving128 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance33 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance21 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 6 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 36 total · 5 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263022
20252021
20242002
20232112
20223013
20214034
20193023
20173003
20164014
20151001
20142012
20133013
20121001
20113120
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 16, 2026TX01No
May 6, 2026TX01Yes
Mar 25, 2026TX00Yes
Aug 12, 2025TX02Yes
Apr 14, 2025TX01No
Jul 1, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 2, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 4, 2023TX13Yes
Oct 7, 2023TX00Yes
Dec 12, 2022TX00Yes
Oct 6, 2022TX06Yes
Mar 17, 2022TX00Yes
Sep 22, 2021TX01Yes
Sep 13, 2021TX01Yes
Aug 19, 2021TX02Yes
Feb 2, 2021TX00Yes
Oct 3, 2019TX00Yes
Sep 23, 2019TX01Yes
Mar 8, 2019TX01Yes
Nov 10, 2017TX00Yes
May 12, 2017TX00Yes
Jan 30, 2017TX00Yes
Dec 3, 2016TX00Yes
Nov 1, 2016TX00Yes
Sep 12, 2016TX00Yes