Carrier profile · USDOT 10559 · MC-117384 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

TROTTING FOX LLC

DBA DAVIDSON BROTHERS

42 power unitsavg 14.1 yrRegional · 5 statesBELLEFONTE, PA93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-117384 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 27.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 10.6 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

34 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 5

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 42-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
42
Inspections · 24 mo
34
Annualized
17 / yr
Coverage
0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

60%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
29%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 28, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 128 total · 0 in 24 mo

128
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
66
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241011
20232112
20222002
20211011
20201011
20191001
20181001
20173023
20162012
20153013
20132012
20121001
20111010
20103022
20095035
20083103
20078063
20067153
20052020
20043021
20035023
20025024
20014033
20007037
19994043
19989149
19977137
199611159
19955115
199411149
19935041
19923011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 10, 2024PA01Yes
Nov 21, 2023PA01Yes
Aug 9, 2023PA10Yes
Mar 29, 2022PA00Yes
Jan 4, 2022PA00Yes
Jan 6, 2021NJ02Yes
Jan 3, 2020PA01Yes
Apr 23, 2019PA00Yes
Jul 25, 2018NJ00Yes
Nov 30, 2017PA00Yes
Apr 4, 2017PA01Yes
Mar 3, 2017PA01Yes
Oct 31, 2016PA01Yes
Sep 3, 2016NY00Yes
Dec 29, 2015PA00Yes
Oct 1, 2015PA00Yes
Feb 19, 2015PA01Yes
Mar 8, 2013PA00Yes
Feb 13, 2013PA01Yes
Sep 10, 2012PA00Yes
Jul 14, 2011PA01No
Aug 26, 2010PA02No
Jul 24, 2010NJ00Yes
Jul 20, 2010PA01Yes
Dec 31, 2009DE01Yes