Carrier profile · USDOT 354529 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Strange Brother's Grading Co Inc

DBA STRANGE BROS GRADING CO

31 power unitsavg 11.1 yrLocal · 1 statesTAYLORS, SC75/100

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 33.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 9.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 2.1 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 2

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 31-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 31
Inspections · 24 mo: 11
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

37%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

31%

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.

393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
383.71 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 25 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 17 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	1	1
2024	1	0	1	1
2022	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	0	1
2015	1	0	0	1
2014	1	0	0	1
2013	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	1	1
2009	3	0	1	3
2007	1	0	1	1
2001	1	1	0	1
1999	2	0	1	2
1998	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Mar 5, 2025	SC	0	1	Yes
Jul 3, 2024	SC	0	1	Yes
Feb 14, 2022	SC	0	0	Yes
May 8, 2018	SC	0	0	Yes
Jun 23, 2016	SC	0	0	Yes
Feb 17, 2015	SC	0	0	Yes
Sep 8, 2014	SC	0	0	Yes
Nov 21, 2013	SC	0	0	Yes
Mar 30, 2012	SC	0	1	Yes
Jul 27, 2009	SC	0	0	Yes
Jul 14, 2009	SC	0	1	Yes
Jun 13, 2009	SC	0	0	Yes
Aug 6, 2007	SC	0	1	Yes
Aug 14, 2001	SC	1	0	Yes
Jun 23, 1999	SC	0	0	Yes
Mar 11, 1999	SC	0	2	Yes
Jun 2, 1998	SC	0	3	Yes