PROPEL TRUCKING INC
USDOT 1585279MC-Docket MC593520RUSSELLVILLE, AR
Review before tendering32 power units
PROPEL TRUCKING INC (USDOT 1585279) in RUSSELLVILLE, AR — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Current BIPD policy (TEXAS INSURANCE COMPANY) was filed 86 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2025-07-30) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 3 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 8 times, most recent 2025-07-30 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 1.46
Hours of service
No alert
measure 1.78
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.18
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0.18
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 8.14
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
3
Crashes
40
Inspections
11
OOS inspections
12
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 32
- Total drivers
- 32
- Years in business
- 20
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 3 of 3 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 16.7%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 33.3%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 8 times last 2025-07-30
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-07-15
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
63
Inspections
16
OOS inspections
115
Violations
20
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-23 → 2026-05-15.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-04-04
TX
Tow-away
2025-01-27
GA
Tow-away
2024-08-28
AR
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
41 | 10 | 2025-08-04 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
32 | 0 | 2026-05-15 |
Hours of service 395
|
28 | 6 | 2025-09-29 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
10 | 2 | 2025-05-13 |
General safety regulations 390
|
2 | 1 | 2025-05-13 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2025-02-07 |
Vehicle access (steps/handholds) 399
|
1 | 0 | 2023-08-10 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | Unsafe Driving | Driver- Inattentive or Distracted Driving | — |
| 2025-09-29 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - On request by an authorized safety official a driver must produce and transfer from an ELD the driver's hour | — |
| 2025-09-29 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - A portable ELD is not mounted in a fixed position and visible to the driver when seated in the normal drivin | — |
| 2025-08-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Steering - Ball and socket joint has movement greater than 1/8 inch measured with hand pressure | OOS |
| 2025-08-04 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - On request by an authorized safety official a driver must produce and transfer from an ELD the driver's hour | — |
| 2025-08-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | State/Local Laws - Wheel (mud) flaps missing or defective | — |
| 2025-07-25 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-07-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS - False record of duty status driver improper use of Personal Conveyance - Not OOS | — |
| 2025-05-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-cut exposing ply and/or belt material | — |
| 2025-05-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable head lamps | — |
| 2025-05-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective brake warning device or pressure gauge | OOS |
| 2025-05-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2025-05-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2025-05-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brakes (general) Explain: | — |
| 2025-05-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle | — |
| 2025-05-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-05-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th | OOS |
| 2025-05-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2025-04-09 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS - False record of duty status driver improper use of Personal Conveyance - Not OOS | — |
| 2025-04-09 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Cargo not secured against shifting | — |
| 2025-03-21 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-03-17 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-03-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Television/video display device - Improperly located | — |
| 2025-03-12 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 11 hour driving limit. (Property Carrying Vehicle) | OOS |
| 2025-03-03 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | OOS |
| 2025-03-03 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Record of Duty Status violation (general/form and manner) | — |
| 2025-02-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-ply or belt material exposed | OOS |
| 2025-02-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2025-02-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2025-02-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor lower rear mud flaps retroreflective sheeting / reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manuf | — |
| 2025-02-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor upper body corner requirements for retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material for vehicles man | — |
| 2025-02-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-02-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2025-02-07 | Driver Fitness | Driving a CMV while CDL is suspended for a safety-related or unknown reason and in state of driver's license issuance | OOS |
| 2025-01-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2024-12-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2024-11-15 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD - No record of duty status (ELD Required) | OOS |
| 2024-11-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel fasteners loose and/or missing | — |
| 2024-11-15 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to have on-board a CMV a sufficient supply of blank records of duty status graph-grids | — |
| 2024-11-07 | Unsafe Driving | Failing to use hazard warning flashers | — |
| 2024-11-07 | Unsafe Driving | Unlawfully parking and/or leaving vehicle in the roadway | — |
| 2024-10-17 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS - False record of duty status that concealed an HOS limitation violation after the last rest period. Driver imprope | OOS |
| 2024-10-17 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 8 hour driving limit since the end of the last on duty off duty or sleeper period of at least 30 minutes | — |
| 2024-10-17 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2024-10-09 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed | OOS |
| 2024-10-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Any of the slider-guide/hold-down brackets are missing or disengaged. | — |
| 2024-10-02 | Unsafe Driving | Failing to use hazard warning flashers | — |
| 2024-08-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | No record of duty status when one is required (ELD Not Required) | — |
| 2024-08-25 | Unsafe Driving | Unlawfully parking and/or leaving vehicle in the roadway | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-05-15 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWG3 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
2026-02-26 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-INAT | — | — |
2025-09-29 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22G-ELDMFV | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24D-ELDPT | — | — |
2025-08-04 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24D-ELDPT | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 209D-STBSP | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLMF | — | — |
2025-07-25 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS3 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E1PC | — | — |
2025-05-23 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A4 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9H | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2W | — | — |
2025-05-13 10 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 51 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E | — | — |
2025-04-09 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E1PC | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 100C-C | — | — |
2025-04-04 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2025-03-21 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS3 | — | — |
2025-03-17 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 88 | — | — |
2025-03-12 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 3A3-PROP | OOS | — |
2025-03-03 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 7A | — | — |
2025-02-27 9 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TU | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2PC | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45DLPC | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
2025-02-25 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA3 | — | — |
2025-02-07 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 51A-SIN | OOS | — |
2025-01-15 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2024-12-06 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45DLPC | — | — |
2024-11-15 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8A-ELD | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 15G02 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205C | — | — |
2024-11-07 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2PK | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 22A | — | — |
2024-10-17 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 3A3II | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E1PC-OOS | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2024-10-09 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | — | — |
2024-10-02 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 22A | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 22B | — | — |
2024-09-23 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
2024-08-25 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2PK | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 22B | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A-NON-ELD | — | — |
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