Carrier profile · USDOT 3031583 · MC-39675 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Legend Excavating and Trucking Inc

DBA LEGEND INTERMODAL

63 power unitsavg 12.2 yrMulti-region · 11 statesELMHURST, IL80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-39675 ACTIVE
Verified linkslegendtruckinc.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 51.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 60 vehicle and 121 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

61.1% · 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 8.0 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

121 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 10

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 63-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
63
Inspections · 24 mo
121
Annualized
≈61 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
67%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
74%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
88%
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 Driving53 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance46 · 16 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 23 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance26 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 85% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 24 total · 4 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253003
20225005
20217037
20202022
20194024
20182012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 7, 2026IL00Yes
Apr 3, 2025TN00Yes
Jan 23, 2025TN00Yes
Jan 10, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 12, 2022AR00Yes
Oct 14, 2022TX00Yes
Sep 13, 2022IL00Yes
Jul 8, 2022TN00Yes
Jan 5, 2022GA00Yes
Dec 11, 2021IN00Yes
Oct 27, 2021TN02Yes
Oct 19, 2021AR00Yes
Aug 3, 2021MI01Yes
Jul 6, 2021IL01Yes
May 9, 2021IN00Yes
May 5, 2021IN00Yes
Apr 20, 2020WI02Yes
Mar 25, 2020IL01Yes
Jul 14, 2019IL01Yes
Jun 25, 2019IL00Yes
Feb 26, 2019IL00Yes
Feb 13, 2019IL01Yes
Sep 18, 2018IL01Yes
Jun 19, 2018IL00Yes