Carrier profile · USDOT 1713146 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

King Ranch Turfgrass LP

71 power unitsavg 4.7 yrLocal · 1 statesHOUSTON, TX88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksking-ranch.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 17.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 63 vehicle and 64 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.8% · 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 13.0 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

64 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 6

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 71-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
71
Inspections · 24 mo
65
Annualized
≈33 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

26%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
40%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Aug 1, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 32 total · 5 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254113
20241001
20233013
20212012
20201001
20193023
20181001
20173012
20152012
20142002
20132012
20124013
20111001
20101011
20091011
20081001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 11, 2025TX01No
May 15, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 21, 2025TX10Yes
Feb 26, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 23, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 24, 2023FL00Yes
Oct 12, 2023TX01Yes
Jul 14, 2023TX00Yes
Oct 21, 2021TX01Yes
Sep 24, 2021TX00Yes
Feb 12, 2020TX00Yes
Dec 19, 2019TX01Yes
Oct 15, 2019TX00Yes
Sep 30, 2019TX01Yes
Feb 8, 2018TX00Yes
Sep 13, 2017TX00Yes
Aug 15, 2017TX01No
Jul 19, 2017TX00Yes
Nov 15, 2015TX00Yes
Apr 10, 2015TX01Yes
Sep 29, 2014TX00Yes
Mar 28, 2014TX00Yes
Dec 2, 2013TX00Yes
Apr 7, 2013TX01Yes
Aug 23, 2012TX00Yes