Carrier profile · USDOT 2628661 · MC-914512 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Tribe Leasing LLC

DBA CHEROKEE NATIONAL

170 power unitsavg 5.4 yrNational · 36 statesGAINESVILLE, GA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-914512 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkstribetrans.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 21.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 182 vehicle and 333 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.2% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

322 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 170-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
170
Inspections · 24 mo
333
Annualized
≈167 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

53%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
39%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
48%
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 Driving141 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance77 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance59 · 51 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance38 · 10 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance30 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance29 · 8 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance25 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance24 · 8 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

178 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

123ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
22False logs
25Drove over hours

54 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 59 total · 17 in 24 mo

59
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266126
20259029
20249029
20238037
2022130312
20215015
20195015
20183003
20161011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 23, 2026TN01Yes
May 12, 2026NC11Yes
Apr 20, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 9, 2026AR00Yes
Mar 20, 2026FL00Yes
Feb 6, 2026LA00Yes
Dec 28, 2025FL01Yes
Nov 13, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 11, 2025AL00Yes
Sep 7, 2025NC00Yes
Apr 19, 2025GA00Yes
Apr 5, 2025GA00Yes
Mar 28, 2025VA01Yes
Feb 23, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 18, 2025OK00Yes
Dec 31, 2024FL00Yes
Sep 11, 2024NC00Yes
Jul 10, 2024NC02Yes
Jul 3, 2024FL01Yes
May 30, 2024GA00Yes
May 20, 2024CA00Yes
Mar 3, 2024WY00Yes
Jan 24, 2024GA00Yes
Jan 12, 2024IL00Yes
Dec 15, 2023NJ00Yes