Carrier profile · USDOT 41851 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Patten Seed Company LLC

DBA SUPER-SOD

95 power unitsavg 6.8 yrRegional · 7 statesCHARLESTON, SC81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY

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 30.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 56 vehicle and 121 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.8% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 14.1 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

117 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 95-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
95
Inspections · 24 mo
122
Annualized
61 / yr
Coverage
0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

47%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
57%
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 Driving67 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 17 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 175 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 50 total · 10 in 24 mo

50
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263113
20255025
20243023
20235005
20222012
20213113
20202022
20191001
20183123
20172012
20162002
20152011
20141011
20131010
20101001
20091001
20082012
20052011
20031011
20022020
20001001
19991011
19981011
19951010
19942011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 15, 2026GA00Yes
Jun 5, 2026GA00Yes
May 15, 2026TN11Yes
Oct 29, 2025TN00Yes
Aug 8, 2025SC00Yes
May 15, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 21, 2025SC02Yes
Apr 4, 2025GA01Yes
Dec 10, 2024GA03Yes
Nov 22, 2024TN02Yes
Jun 19, 2024SC00Yes
Oct 16, 2023AL00Yes
Oct 10, 2023TN00Yes
Oct 9, 2023GA00Yes
Jul 18, 2023GA00Yes
Jan 27, 2023SC00Yes
Mar 21, 2022GA00Yes
Feb 22, 2022SC01Yes
Dec 17, 2021SC00Yes
Oct 13, 2021NC00Yes
Sep 28, 2021SC11Yes
May 15, 2020NC01Yes
May 1, 2020SC03Yes
Jan 8, 2019SC00Yes
Nov 1, 2018SC00Yes