Carrier profile · USDOT 2816593 · MC-1007936 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

KL Trucking LLC

DBA BADGER TRUCKING

29 power unitsavg 4.3 yrNational · 18 statesKELLER, TX80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1007936 ACTIVE
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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 36.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 83 vehicle and 126 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.6% · 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 7.1 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

120 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 8

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
≈2.2 / 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
29
Inspections · 24 mo
126
Annualized
≈63 / yr
Coverage
≈2.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

88%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
90%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
71%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.28measure
SMS · per-BASIC
73%
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 Driving47 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance42 · 11 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance41 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 17 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 7 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving13 · 10 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

89 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

36ELD device issues
9No log / no ELD
25False logs
8Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 19 total · 3 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251011
20245005
20232002
20222012
20214014
20192012
20171010
20161011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 20, 2026LA00Yes
Mar 27, 2025MS01Yes
Dec 1, 2024KS00Yes
Jul 7, 2024LA00Yes
May 15, 2024GA00Yes
Apr 11, 2024MS00Yes
Mar 20, 2024AR00Yes
May 23, 2023LA00Yes
Mar 27, 2023MS00Yes
May 13, 2022OR00Yes
Mar 15, 2022TX01Yes
Oct 25, 2021SC00Yes
Sep 23, 2021TX02Yes
Aug 27, 2021AL00Yes
May 27, 2021OK00Yes
Sep 3, 2019TX01Yes
Jul 18, 2019TX00Yes
Oct 11, 2017TX01No
Sep 6, 2016TX01Yes