Carrier profile · USDOT 1890881 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

L & F Distributors LLC

191 power unitsavg 6.4 yrLocal · 2 statesMCALLEN, TX88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linkslnfdist.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 6.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 31 vehicle and 35 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 6.5 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

35 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 4

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 191-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
191
Inspections · 24 mo
35
Annualized
≈18 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
31%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
45%
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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jun 25, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 48 total · 2 in 24 mo

48
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241001
20233003
20222022
20211011
20204113
20195005
20181011
20172012
20165034
20156054
20141010
20133033
20124023
20114022
20102002
20093013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 22, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 4, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 22, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 1, 2023TX00Yes
Jan 11, 2023TX00Yes
Dec 2, 2022TX01Yes
May 11, 2022TX02Yes
May 13, 2021TX02Yes
Oct 5, 2020TX00Yes
Jul 24, 2020TX10Yes
May 6, 2020TX01No
Mar 17, 2020TX00Yes
Dec 11, 2019TX00Yes
Sep 13, 2019TX00Yes
Aug 7, 2019TX00Yes
Jan 9, 2019TX00Yes
Jan 7, 2019TX00Yes
Nov 21, 2018TX01Yes
Oct 12, 2017TX01Yes
Sep 19, 2017TX00Yes
Jun 28, 2016TX00Yes
Jun 3, 2016TX01Yes
May 12, 2016TX01Yes
Mar 18, 2016TX01No
Feb 16, 2016TX00Yes