Carrier profile · USDOT 3020065 · MC-33889 · Updated Jun 14, 2026

Tex Sand Transport LLC

67 power unitsavg 14.7 yrRegional · 3 statesGRANBURY, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-33889 ACTIVE
Verified linkstexsandtransport.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 22.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 200 vehicle and 211 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.8% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 7.6 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

206 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 23

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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 67-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
67
Inspections · 24 mo
212
Annualized
≈106 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
60%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving125 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance104 · 9 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance78 · 29 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance70 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance51 · 28 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance49 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance48 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance42 · 3 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance19 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
8False logs
2Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 35 total · 10 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20255025
20243013
20232012
20223023
20215034
20202002
20193003
20187146
20172121
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 6, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 17, 2026TX01Yes
Jan 8, 2026TX02Yes
Sep 17, 2025TX00Yes
May 13, 2025TX00Yes
May 5, 2025TX01Yes
Apr 30, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 30, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 5, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 18, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 27, 2024TX01Yes
Dec 6, 2023TX00Yes
Jul 31, 2023TX03Yes
Nov 9, 2022TX01Yes
Sep 20, 2022TX00Yes
Jun 15, 2022TX01Yes
Oct 14, 2021TX00Yes
Oct 13, 2021TX01Yes
Sep 28, 2021TX00Yes
Jul 1, 2021TX02No
Feb 20, 2021TX01Yes
May 4, 2020TX00Yes
Mar 7, 2020TX00Yes
Aug 30, 2019TX00Yes
Jul 14, 2019TX00Yes