Carrier profile · USDOT 4197660 · MC-1618756 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Silver Sky Trucking LLC

8 power unitsavg 10.3 yrRegional · 6 statesHIDALGO, TX75/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1618756 ACTIVEUNDELIVERABLE ADDRESS
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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 26.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 49 vehicle and 60 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.8% · 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 17.7 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

55 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈3.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
8
Inspections · 24 mo
60
Annualized
≈30 / yr
Coverage
≈3.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

44%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
78%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
91%
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 Maintenance36 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 7 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
4False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 3 total · 2 in 24 mo

3
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
0
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20242002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 25, 2026TX00Yes
Dec 20, 2024TX00Yes
Jul 7, 2024TX00Yes