Carrier profile · USDOT 3071019 · MC-61064 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Ten-eight Inc

65 power unitsavg 6.2 yrNational · 35 statesALSIP, IL80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-61064 ACTIVE
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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 40.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 84 vehicle and 181 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 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

177 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 16

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 65-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
65
Inspections · 24 mo
181
Annualized
≈91 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

92%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.11measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
85%
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 Driving78 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance43 · 35 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance38 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance21 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

28 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.

20ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 95% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 16 total · 10 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20258057
20243003
20222002
20211001
20201001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 19, 2026NC00Yes
Dec 30, 2025VA02Yes
Oct 1, 2025VA01Yes
Sep 4, 2025TN01Yes
Aug 9, 2025ME00Yes
Apr 26, 2025PA00Yes
Apr 22, 2025MA00Yes
Mar 14, 2025ME01Yes
Mar 7, 2025ME01No
Oct 15, 2024AL00Yes
Jun 29, 2024OH00Yes
Mar 6, 2024MO00Yes
Dec 21, 2022IA00Yes
Jan 23, 2022PA00Yes
Sep 21, 2021TN00Yes
May 31, 2020IL00Yes