Carrier profile · USDOT 3199716 · MC-164204 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

SPEAR LOGISTICS LLC

6 power unitsavg 7.9 yrNational · 38 statesCLINTON, IA87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-164204 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
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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 28.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 77 vehicle and 131 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.0% · 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 11.1 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

126 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 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
≈10.9 / 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
6
Inspections · 24 mo
131
Annualized
≈66 / yr
Coverage
≈10.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

99%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
58%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
79%
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 Driving160 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance60 · 38 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance55 · 10 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 5 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 8 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

47 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

26ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
8False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 73% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 11 total · 6 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20244004
20233023
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 17, 2025MT00Yes
Apr 19, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 18, 2025KY01Yes
Dec 16, 2024WV00Yes
Nov 20, 2024ND00Yes
Oct 11, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 11, 2024NY00Yes
Oct 13, 2023NC02Yes
Sep 21, 2023AL00Yes
Jul 23, 2023VA01Yes
Aug 9, 2019AR00Yes