Carrier profile · USDOT 1196304 · MC-476413 · Updated Jun 22, 2026

Max Trucking LLC

15 power unitsavg 8.6 yrMulti-region · 13 statesKENTWOOD, MI86/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-476413 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 66.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 15 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 32.5 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

15 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 2

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 15-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
15
Inspections · 24 mo
15
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

75%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
9.33measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 44 total · 0 in 24 mo

44
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20232002
20224014
20211001
20202022
20191011
20181001
20173123
20151011
20143023
20131001
20124023
20113003
20106016
20094004
20083013
20073013
20062012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 22, 2023GA00Yes
Jan 14, 2023TX00Yes
Oct 16, 2022MN01Yes
Sep 23, 2022MI00Yes
May 18, 2022VA00Yes
Apr 8, 2022PA00Yes
Mar 11, 2021MN00Yes
Nov 30, 2020AZ01Yes
Sep 9, 2020FL01Yes
Jun 27, 2019PA02Yes
Feb 7, 2018PA00Yes
Nov 27, 2017OH01Yes
Mar 31, 2017GA23Yes
Jan 13, 2017TX00Yes
Jul 13, 2015NY01Yes
Nov 24, 2014MD01Yes
Jul 14, 2014IN01Yes
Mar 4, 2014LA00Yes
Jun 24, 2013AL00Yes
Dec 12, 2012CT00Yes
Nov 21, 2012WV00Yes
Aug 5, 2012NY01Yes
Apr 12, 2012OH01No
Nov 10, 2011MO00Yes
Jul 29, 2011CT00Yes