Carrier profile · USDOT 1668237 · MC-613254 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TARTER LOGISTICS LLC

46 power unitsavg 4.6 yrNational · 35 statesDUNNVILLE, KY74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-613254 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkstarterusa.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 34.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 41 vehicle and 93 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 22.1 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

90 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 11

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 46-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
46
Inspections · 24 mo
93
Annualized
≈47 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

80%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
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 Driving41 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

19 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
1False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 21 total · 3 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252002
20232002
20222002
20202112
20182012
20172012
20161011
20141001
20132002
20122012
20112002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 23, 2026GA01Yes
Aug 20, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 4, 2025AL00Yes
Mar 22, 2023KY00Yes
Feb 13, 2023AL00Yes
Nov 2, 2022WY00Yes
Apr 21, 2022AR00Yes
Oct 31, 2020KY11Yes
Aug 5, 2020TN00Yes
Nov 20, 2018TN00Yes
Apr 23, 2018KY01Yes
Aug 7, 2017FL00Yes
Jun 15, 2017CA02Yes
Aug 18, 2016TX01Yes
Jun 27, 2014WY00Yes
Dec 8, 2013IL00Yes
Mar 5, 2013UT00Yes
Dec 29, 2012OR00Yes
Dec 5, 2012TX03Yes
Sep 27, 2011OR00Yes
May 16, 2011OR00Yes