Carrier profile · USDOT 394923 · MC-145165 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Kauff's Palm Beach Inc

31 power unitsavg 6.6 yrRegional · 4 statesWEST PALM BEACH, FL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-145165 ACTIVE
Verified linkskauffstowing.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 9.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 43 vehicle and 51 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · 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 17.7 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

51 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 21

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 31-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
31
Inspections · 24 mo
51
Annualized
≈26 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

18%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
14%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.8 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 77 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 26 total · 5 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252012
20244024
20231001
20222012
20212012
20202002
20191001
20181001
20161011
20151011
20133023
20121011
20112011
20081010
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 19, 2026FL01Yes
Dec 16, 2025FL01Yes
Feb 14, 2025FL00Yes
Nov 25, 2024FL01Yes
Aug 19, 2024FL00Yes
May 14, 2024FL02Yes
Feb 12, 2024FL00Yes
Oct 23, 2023FL00Yes
Nov 14, 2022FL01Yes
Oct 20, 2022FL00Yes
Jun 2, 2021FL00Yes
Jan 7, 2021FL03Yes
Sep 18, 2020FL00Yes
Aug 1, 2020FL00Yes
Aug 26, 2019FL00Yes
Jan 22, 2018FL00Yes
Sep 27, 2016FL01Yes
Aug 28, 2015FL01Yes
Sep 18, 2013FL00Yes
Aug 31, 2013FL01Yes
Apr 12, 2013FL02Yes
Jun 1, 2012FL02Yes
Sep 23, 2011NC01No
May 20, 2011FL00Yes
Feb 14, 2008FL01No