Carrier profile · USDOT 705837 · MC-1819435 · Updated Aug 7, 2026

K Tahoe Trucking Inc

28 power unitsavg 7.6 yrMulti-region · 13 statesMONTEBELLO, CA76/100
NO OPERATING AUTHORITYMC-1819435 NO AUTHORITY
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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 13.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 140 vehicle and 196 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.7% · 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 4.5 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 Mar '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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈3.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
28
Inspections · 24 mo
202
Annualized
≈101 / yr
Coverage
≈3.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

85%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
71%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
67%
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 Driving49 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance33 · 10 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance22 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 6 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

23ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
11False logs
7Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 22 total · 1 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20241011
20231001
20224024
20212002
20201001
20191001
20181001
20173013
20151011
20143023
20122012
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 9, 2026CO00Yes
Jan 14, 2024CO01Yes
May 10, 2023CO00Yes
Dec 26, 2022CA00Yes
Sep 22, 2022CA01Yes
Sep 20, 2022PA00Yes
Jun 21, 2022CA01Yes
Dec 15, 2021MT00Yes
Oct 12, 2021CO00Yes
Nov 8, 2020MT00Yes
Nov 1, 2019WY00Yes
Mar 31, 2018CA00Yes
Dec 25, 2017NV00Yes
Dec 5, 2017CA00Yes
Nov 8, 2017CA01Yes
Mar 10, 2015NV01Yes
Nov 23, 2014CO01Yes
Jul 8, 2014CO00Yes
Feb 10, 2014CO02Yes
Aug 14, 2012CA01Yes
Feb 7, 2012NV00Yes
Sep 13, 2005CA00Yes