Carrier profile · USDOT 164583 · MC-145970 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

Skillett & Sons Inc

12 power unitsavg 7.1 yrMulti-region · 11 statesLA CROSSE, KS93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-145970 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksskillettandsons.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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 21 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 37.8 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

20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 12-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
12
Inspections · 24 mo
21
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

56%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
42%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
24%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
40%
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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.87 Warning flags on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False 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· 40 total · 0 in 24 mo

40
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242002
20231001
20212002
20202002
20192011
20173023
20144014
20112012
20103003
20092002
20071001
20024114
20014013
19993003
19962012
19932002
19901001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 31, 2024VA00Yes
Jan 17, 2024KS00Yes
Jun 2, 2023KS00Yes
Jul 14, 2021IA00Yes
Jul 9, 2021TX00Yes
Nov 5, 2020MO00Yes
Jun 12, 2020TN00Yes
Aug 21, 2019IL01No
Jun 13, 2019MO00Yes
Dec 21, 2017MO03Yes
Jun 13, 2017MO01Yes
May 22, 2017TX00Yes
Nov 26, 2014KS00Yes
Oct 8, 2014IL01Yes
May 6, 2014KS00Yes
Feb 25, 2014IA00Yes
Dec 10, 2011NE01Yes
Jan 20, 2011IL00Yes
Dec 12, 2010IL00Yes
Aug 6, 2010KS00Yes
Jun 24, 2010TN00Yes
Dec 18, 2009KS00Yes
Mar 19, 2009KS00Yes
Aug 2, 2007IA00Yes
Jun 28, 2002KS10Yes