Carrier profile · USDOT 1188508 · MC-474090 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

MAX TRANS LLC

339 power unitsavg 7.1 yrNational · 30 statesHUMBOLDT, TN74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-474090 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 34.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 300 vehicle and 700 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

43.9% · 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 11.2 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

678 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 41

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 339-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
339
Inspections · 24 mo
700
Annualized
≈350 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

79%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
70%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
40%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving155 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance104 · 88 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance53 · 17 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance39 · 15 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance26 · 15 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance24 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance23 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 3 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

54 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
10False logs
23Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 254 total · 28 in 24 mo

254
Total crashes
28
In last 24 mo
15
Fatal
106
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
2025132413
2024160515
20237037
20225134
2021101510
2020121512
20196036
2018130413
20171711016
2016120212
20158028
20146006
2013111711
2012122511
2011131413
20108038
2009102610
20088038
20072111117
2006131512
200512069
2004171815
20031001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 19, 2026AL01Yes
Mar 23, 2026AR01Yes
Feb 17, 2026KY00Yes
Dec 31, 2025TN00Yes
Sep 26, 2025KY01Yes
Sep 10, 2025NC00Yes
Aug 28, 2025SC01Yes
Aug 26, 2025TN00Yes
Aug 26, 2025TN11Yes
Aug 26, 2025TN00Yes
Jul 23, 2025TN20Yes
Jul 22, 2025VA01Yes
Feb 5, 2025OH00Yes
Feb 3, 2025KY00Yes
Feb 2, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 8, 2025KY00Yes
Dec 10, 2024OH01Yes
Dec 9, 2024KY00Yes
Nov 24, 2024TN01Yes
Nov 7, 2024TN00Yes
Oct 25, 2024KY00Yes
Oct 5, 2024TN00Yes
Sep 17, 2024TN00Yes
Sep 12, 2024TN01No
Sep 9, 2024LA00Yes