Carrier profile · USDOT 91305 · MC-502798 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Tarter Gate Wood Products LLC

DBA TARTER GATE CO

21 power unitsLocal · 1 statesDUNNVILLE, KY82/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-502798 STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL

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 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1 vehicle and 3 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

3 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '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

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 21-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: 21
Inspections · 24 mo: 3
Annualized: ≈2 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

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.

396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 4 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 28 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2023	1	0	1	1
2022	1	0	0	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	1	1
2014	1	0	0	1
2013	1	0	0	1
2012	3	1	1	3
2011	5	0	3	4
2009	3	0	2	3
2008	2	0	2	2
2007	1	0	1	0
2005	1	0	1	1
2004	1	1	0	1
2002	2	0	1	1
2001	2	0	2	2
1995	2	0	2	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
May 11, 2023	KY	0	1	Yes
Mar 3, 2022	KY	0	0	Yes
Oct 7, 2020	KY	0	0	Yes
Sep 16, 2016	TN	0	1	Yes
Aug 1, 2014	KY	0	0	Yes
Dec 4, 2013	KY	0	0	Yes
Oct 24, 2012	KY	1	1	Yes
Jul 20, 2012	KY	0	0	Yes
Mar 21, 2012	KS	0	0	Yes
Oct 19, 2011	KY	0	1	Yes
Apr 12, 2011	KY	0	1	Yes
Feb 8, 2011	KY	0	0	Yes
Jan 24, 2011	KY	0	1	No
Jan 21, 2011	KY	0	0	Yes
Oct 13, 2009	KY	0	1	Yes
Jun 15, 2009	KY	0	0	Yes
Jan 12, 2009	KY	0	3	Yes
Sep 22, 2008	KY	0	1	Yes
Jan 7, 2008	KY	0	1	Yes
Mar 7, 2007	KY	0	1	No
Jul 21, 2005	KY	0	2	Yes
Mar 16, 2004	UT	1	0	Yes
Aug 15, 2002	KY	0	1	No
Jun 20, 2002	KY	0	0	Yes
Jun 25, 2001	KY	0	1	Yes