Carrier profile · USDOT 1871072 · Updated Jul 26, 2026

James E Bootle

DBA BOOTLE LOGGING CO LLC

1 power unitavg 7.1 yrLocal · 1 statesYEMASSEE, SC100/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linkslowcountry.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 100.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1 vehicle and 7 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

7 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 3

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
≈3.5 / 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
1
Inspections · 24 mo
7
Annualized
≈4 / yr
Coverage
≈3.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
9measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 13 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 16 total · 0 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20212102
20201001
20194024
20182012
20142012
20132002
20122012
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 5, 2021SC00Yes
Mar 30, 2021SC10Yes
Apr 30, 2020SC00Yes
Oct 25, 2019SC00Yes
Jun 12, 2019SC01Yes
Mar 12, 2019SC00Yes
Feb 19, 2019SC01Yes
Mar 15, 2018SC00Yes
Jan 29, 2018SC01Yes
Oct 11, 2014SC00Yes
Sep 24, 2014SC01Yes
Apr 29, 2013SC00Yes
Apr 25, 2013SC00Yes
Aug 29, 2012SC04Yes
Mar 28, 2012SC00Yes
Oct 7, 2009SC00Yes