Carrier profile · USDOT 1736871 · MC-636188 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

L & B Trucking LLC

22 power unitsavg 11.9 yrNational · 19 statesBUFFALO, MO81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-636188 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 27.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 29 vehicle and 46 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

41.7% · 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 7.6 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

44 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 22-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
22
Inspections · 24 mo
46
Annualized
≈23 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 26 total · 7 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264004
20252002
20242022
20234013
20221001
20211011
20204124
20173022
20152002
20141001
20131001
20101011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 20, 2026MO00Yes
Jun 20, 2026MO00Yes
May 5, 2026MT00Yes
Apr 13, 2026OK00Yes
Nov 25, 2025WA00Yes
Jul 28, 2025CT00Yes
Sep 3, 2024MA01Yes
Apr 1, 2024NM03Yes
Aug 21, 2023CT00Yes
Jun 22, 2023MO00Yes
Jun 19, 2023OK00Yes
Mar 23, 2023OH01No
Nov 3, 2022MO00Yes
Apr 16, 2021MO03Yes
Jul 25, 2020FL01Yes
Jun 12, 2020KS11Yes
May 4, 2020MO00Yes
Feb 23, 2020MO00Yes
Nov 13, 2017MO01No
May 23, 2017AL02Yes
Mar 25, 2017CT00Yes
Sep 11, 2015MS00Yes
May 14, 2015CO00Yes
May 14, 2014VA00Yes
Mar 20, 2013PA00Yes