Carrier profile · USDOT 3141234 · MC-106268 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Explore Trading LLC

35 power unitsavg 10 yrLocal · 2 statesMIDLAND, TX81/100
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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 31.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 107 vehicle and 111 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.4% · 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 4.2 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

106 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 17

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 35-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
35
Inspections · 24 mo
111
Annualized
≈56 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
86%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
89%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance146 · 9 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving86 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance53 · 24 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance52 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance43 · 7 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance42 · 16 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance29 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 16 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 16, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 23 total · 5 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251001
2024101610
20234004
20222022
20194014
20181011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 1, 2026TX02Yes
Apr 14, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 21, 2024TX01Yes
Sep 17, 2024TX01Yes
Sep 16, 2024TX10Yes
Aug 29, 2024TX03Yes
Jun 10, 2024TX01Yes
May 30, 2024TX00Yes
Apr 4, 2024TX01Yes
Feb 27, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 17, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 10, 2024TX01Yes
Dec 12, 2023TX00Yes
Aug 18, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 17, 2023TX00Yes
Jan 31, 2023TX00Yes
Nov 7, 2022TX01Yes
Nov 6, 2022TX02Yes
Sep 20, 2019TX00Yes
Sep 12, 2019TX00Yes
Aug 3, 2019TX00Yes
May 28, 2019TX02Yes
Dec 21, 2018TX01Yes