Carrier profile · USDOT 3450279 · MC-1123058 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TM CARGO LLC

12 power unitsavg 4.8 yrNational · 31 statesROCKWALL, TX87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1123058 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 26.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 49 vehicle and 128 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 13.0 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

126 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈5.3 / 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
12
Inspections · 24 mo
128
Annualized
≈64 / yr
Coverage
≈5.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

98%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
80%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
76%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
38%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
65%
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 Driving70 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 12 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 12 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 6 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

29 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
6False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 6 total · 5 in 24 mo

6
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20242012
20231001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 18, 2026WY00Yes
Jul 21, 2025NV00Yes
Feb 13, 2025WA00Yes
Oct 18, 2024KY01Yes
Aug 31, 2024ID00Yes
Jun 14, 2023VA00Yes