Carrier profile · USDOT 3321483 · MC-1056968 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TBL EXPRESS LLC

7 power unitsavg 14.9 yrLocal · 2 statesEAGLE PASS, TX93/100
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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 24.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 106 vehicle and 108 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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 5.0 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

106 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 15

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
7.7 / 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
7
Inspections · 24 mo
108
Annualized
54 / yr
Coverage
7.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
82%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
83%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance101 · 18 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance57 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance46 · 12 OOS
  • 393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance45 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance43 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance42 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance41 · 13 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance31 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance28 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 29, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.