Carrier profile · USDOT 3260407 · MC-1027740 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

Mares Trucking LLC

38 power unitsavg 8.1 yrNational · 21 statesAMARILLO, TX94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1027740 ACTIVE
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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 18.3%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 — 93 vehicle and 138 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 4.0 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

136 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 11

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
38
Inspections · 24 mo
138
Annualized
≈69 / yr
Coverage
≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

87%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
87%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
43%
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 Driving58 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 8 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance18 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

31 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
11False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 15 total · 8 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20256036
20241001
20231001
20221010
20212002
20202002
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 21, 2026TX00Yes
Oct 1, 2025NM01Yes
Sep 11, 2025TX01Yes
Aug 5, 2025OH00Yes
Apr 22, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 12, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 24, 2025NE01Yes
Sep 26, 2024AL00Yes
Feb 13, 2023OK00Yes
Mar 24, 2022TX02No
Nov 22, 2021KS00Yes
Feb 16, 2021TX00Yes
Dec 9, 2020AZ00Yes
Apr 1, 2020TX00Yes
Sep 13, 2019KS00Yes