Carrier profile · USDOT 725553 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

L L Pelling Co Inc

138 power unitsavg 14.7 yrLocal · 1 statesNORTH LIBERTY, IA74/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linksFMCSA 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 62.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · 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 25.6 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

18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 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 138-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
138
Inspections · 24 mo
20
Annualized
≈10 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

24%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
73%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
70%
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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 30 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 39 total · 5 in 24 mo

39
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20242002
20231001
20223013
20211001
20202002
20192012
20181001
20172022
20152011
20143023
20132012
20121001
20112012
20102002
20061001
20052002
20043123
20032020
19991110
19981011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 8, 2025IA00Yes
Aug 26, 2025IA01Yes
Jun 16, 2025IA00Yes
Nov 21, 2024IA00Yes
Sep 12, 2024IA00Yes
Jun 6, 2023IA00Yes
Oct 11, 2022IA00Yes
Aug 25, 2022IA00Yes
Jun 15, 2022IA01Yes
Oct 13, 2021IA00Yes
Oct 28, 2020IA00Yes
Oct 6, 2020IA00Yes
Dec 3, 2019IA02Yes
Oct 7, 2019IA00Yes
Jun 6, 2018IA00Yes
Jun 1, 2017IA01Yes
May 2, 2017IA01Yes
Jun 12, 2015IA00Yes
Jun 5, 2015IA01No
Sep 26, 2014IA00Yes
Jun 3, 2014IA01Yes
Jun 3, 2014IA01Yes
Jun 1, 2013IA00Yes
Apr 16, 2013IA01Yes
Oct 1, 2012IA00Yes