Carrier profile · USDOT 2012932 · MC-709246 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

MAX TRANS LLC

45 power unitsavg 4.1 yrNational · 31 statesKENTWOOD, MI88/100
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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 15.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 53 vehicle and 115 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.7% · 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-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

112 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Dec '25 · 10

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 45-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
115
Annualized
≈58 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

89%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
83%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
31%
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 Driving45 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

34 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
16False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 82% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 28 total · 7 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261101
20254014
20244004
20233013
20222012
20211001
20202012
20181001
20174024
20163013
20152012
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 29, 2026MI10Yes
Nov 18, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 31, 2025KY00Yes
Jun 3, 2025CO01Yes
Jan 24, 2025GA00Yes
Dec 25, 2024FL00Yes
Dec 11, 2024OH00Yes
Apr 30, 2024MI00Yes
Apr 8, 2024KY00Yes
Nov 12, 2023MI01Yes
Sep 14, 2023TX00Yes
Jul 12, 2023MI00Yes
Oct 14, 2022TN01Yes
Feb 24, 2022TX00Yes
Jan 5, 2021IL00Yes
Jun 14, 2020WV00Yes
Mar 4, 2020NC01Yes
Apr 24, 2018PA00Yes
Dec 19, 2017OH00Yes
Nov 17, 2017MI02Yes
Apr 21, 2017MA01Yes
Feb 27, 2017TX00Yes
Aug 31, 2016LA01Yes
Aug 2, 2016MO00Yes
Jun 24, 2016NV00Yes