Carrier profile · USDOT 2096345 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Shepherd Brothers Woodlands LLC

14 power unitsavg 9.6 yrLocal · 1 statesIRWINTON, GA74/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 85.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 6.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 15 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

80.0% · 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 49.6 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 Sep '25 · 3

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 14-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 14
Inspections · 24 mo: 15
Annualized: ≈8 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

51%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

28%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

97%

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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance45 · 5 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 24 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 15 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	0	1
2025	1	0	0	1
2019	3	0	3	2
2018	3	1	2	3
2017	2	0	2	2
2015	1	0	1	1
2013	1	0	0	1
2012	2	0	0	2
2011	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Apr 30, 2026	GA	0	0	Yes
Feb 25, 2025	GA	0	0	Yes
Dec 21, 2019	GA	0	1	Yes
Nov 29, 2019	GA	0	3	No
Nov 11, 2019	GA	0	2	Yes
Jun 12, 2018	GA	0	0	Yes
May 22, 2018	GA	0	6	Yes
Jan 19, 2018	GA	1	2	Yes
May 2, 2017	GA	0	4	Yes
Feb 21, 2017	GA	0	1	Yes
Oct 29, 2015	GA	0	1	Yes
May 13, 2013	GA	0	0	Yes
Jan 30, 2012	GA	0	0	Yes
Jan 10, 2012	GA	0	0	Yes
Jan 31, 2011	GA	0	0	Yes