Carrier profile · USDOT 2349930 · MC-804407 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Southern Heavy Haul Inc

40 power unitsavg 8.3 yrNational · 28 statesLAREDO, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-804407 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linkssouthernhh.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 26.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 125 vehicle and 174 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.5% · 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

172 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 12

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
≈2.2 / 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
40
Inspections · 24 mo
174
Annualized
≈87 / yr
Coverage
≈2.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
97%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
94%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
85%
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 Driving107 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance73 · 18 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance47 · 14 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance44 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance39 · 16 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance30 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance23 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance23 · 9 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

111 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

49ELD device issues
18No log / no ELD
22False logs
17Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 13 total · 4 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20241001
20231001
20222002
20212012
20202002
20171001
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 30, 2026NM00Yes
Mar 15, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 20, 2026LA00Yes
Sep 20, 2024MS00Yes
Jun 2, 2023IL00Yes
Oct 28, 2022TN00Yes
Feb 3, 2022TX00Yes
Jul 23, 2021TX00Yes
Jun 6, 2021PA02Yes
Oct 16, 2020MS00Yes
Sep 17, 2020MI00Yes
Oct 20, 2017TX00Yes
Jun 19, 2016AL00Yes