Carrier profile · USDOT 483220 · MC-258980 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

LEMONS BACKHOE & LOADER SERVICE INC

DBA LEMONLINE LOGISTICS

15 power unitsavg 12.7 yrRegional · 6 statesTROY, NC94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-258980 ACTIVE

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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 12.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 53.9 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 5

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
0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 15-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
15
Inspections · 24 mo
25
Annualized
13 / yr
Coverage
0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
93%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 16, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 51 total · 0 in 24 mo

51
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
30
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20243103
20231001
20223023
20201011
20191011
20171001
20162022
20152002
20144034
20134014
20121011
20111011
20102012
20052012
20043123
20031001
20022002
20011111
20004133
19992022
19985155
19972022
19961011
19952002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 9, 2024NC00Yes
Jun 17, 2024NC10Yes
Jan 18, 2024NC00Yes
May 14, 2023NH00Yes
Aug 30, 2022NC00Yes
Aug 16, 2022NC01Yes
May 12, 2022NC02Yes
Apr 3, 2020NC02Yes
Feb 28, 2019NC01Yes
Nov 8, 2017NC00Yes
Aug 12, 2016NC01Yes
Jan 14, 2016NC01Yes
Oct 30, 2015NC00Yes
Apr 2, 2015NC00Yes
Dec 15, 2014NC01Yes
Sep 26, 2014NC00Yes
Aug 6, 2014NC02Yes
Feb 12, 2014NC01Yes
Oct 24, 2013NC01Yes
Mar 14, 2013NC00Yes
Feb 26, 2013NC00Yes
Feb 26, 2013NC00Yes
Mar 21, 2012NC01Yes
Nov 9, 2011NC01Yes
Apr 8, 2010NC00Yes