Carrier profile · USDOT 2033643 · MC-714004 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

METALMAX LLC

44 power unitsavg 6 yrNational · 23 statesMURFREESBORO, TN87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-714004 ACTIVE
Verified linksmetalmaxllc.comFMCSA SAFER

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 29.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 57 vehicle and 93 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.9% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

90 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 7

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 44-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
44
Inspections · 24 mo
93
Annualized
≈47 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
44%
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 Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 8 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 17 total · 5 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20253003
20241001
20231001
20211001
20203032
20181001
20151011
20142012
20131001
20121011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 17, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 17, 2026TX01Yes
Aug 12, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 3, 2025TN00Yes
Jan 27, 2025TN00Yes
Apr 2, 2024AZ00Yes
Aug 14, 2023TN00Yes
May 11, 2021TX00Yes
Jul 10, 2020TN03Yes
Apr 1, 2020NC01No
Mar 10, 2020MO02Yes
Sep 21, 2018TX00Yes
Jun 11, 2015NC01Yes
Nov 3, 2014SC01Yes
Oct 22, 2014TN00Yes
Apr 22, 2013TX00Yes
Jun 8, 2012TN01Yes