TRALEX TRANSPORT LLC
USDOT 3173059MC-Docket MC120074HOUSTON, TX
Review before tendering5 power units
TRALEX TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 3173059) in HOUSTON, TX — 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.
- 1 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2019-09-10 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- 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 out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 2 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 11 times, most recent 2024-12-09 — 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 2.54
Hours of service
No alert
measure 3.78
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 1.82
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 12.71
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
1
Injuries
2
Crashes
12
Inspections
6
OOS inspections
7
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 5
- Total drivers
- 3
- Years in business
- 8
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 2 of 2 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 42.9%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 14.3%
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
- 11 times last 2024-12-09
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-03-26
- Insurance lapse history
- 1 lapse(s) most recent 2019-09-10
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
25
Inspections
10
OOS inspections
65
Violations
13
OOS violations
3
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-08-27 → 2026-06-10.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-04-09
TN
1 injured
2024-07-24
TN
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
29 | 3 | 2026-04-09 |
Hours of service 395
|
15 | 8 | 2026-04-09 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
11 | 0 | 2026-04-09 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
8 | 0 | 2026-04-09 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2026-04-09 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 1 | 2025-08-08 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | Driver Fitness | License (CDL) - Operate a CMV and does not possess a valid CDL | OOS |
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Suspension - U-bolt u-bolt bottom plate or other axle clamp bolt loose/cracked/broken/missing. | OOS |
| 2026-04-09 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Manner) - Driver's record of duty status not current to the time shown for last change of duty status. Date and Tim | — |
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failing to correct the violation(s)/defect(s) noted on the roadside inspection report | — |
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 2001 for towed vehicle. | — |
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured | — |
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper | — |
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2026-03-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2026-03-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper | — |
| 2026-01-20 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | OOS |
| 2026-01-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | No record of duty status when one is required (ELD Not Required) | OOS |
| 2026-01-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Oil and/or grease leak | — |
| 2026-01-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2026-01-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Exhaust - Discharging at a point forward or directly below the driver or sleeper compartment | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Driver Fitness | Driver cannot satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of 391.11(b)(2) in accordance with the current corr | OOS |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/Defective Hazard Warning Lamp | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Power steering violations | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - oil and/or Grease Leaking from hub - outer wheel | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-04-09 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed | OOS |
| 2025-01-28 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Prohibition against texting in a CMV | — |
| 2025-01-28 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have in possession RODS for the previous seven consecutive days and available for inspection | OOS |
| 2024-09-08 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Drivers record of duty status not current | — |
| 2024-09-08 | Unsafe Driving | Unlawfully parking and/or leaving vehicle in the roadway | — |
| 2024-08-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD - No record of duty status (ELD Required) | — |
| 2024-08-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2024-06-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cab seats not securely mounted | — |
| 2024-06-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failure to equip truck with seatbelts | — |
| 2024-05-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle | — |
| 2024-05-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Improper Lower Rear Placement of retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manufa | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 18 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-09 11 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207A-SUBL | OOS | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2-LCDLN | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EEUS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95F | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D2-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 9D2-FTF | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 9D2-FTF | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8F1-HOSM | — | — |
2026-03-24 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95F | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E | — | — |
2026-01-20 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2026-01-19 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 83G | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A-NON-ELD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2025-08-08 9 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B2-Q | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 19 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 209E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HLOW | — | — |
2025-04-09 1 viol· 1 OOSPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8A1-HOSP | OOS | — |
2025-01-28 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8K2-HOSP | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 80-TEXTING | — | — |
2024-09-08 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 22(b) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(f)(1) | — | — |
2024-08-02 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(a) | — | — |
2024-06-04 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203(d) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 93(b) | — | — |
2024-05-28 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 13(d)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(b)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(b)(2) | — | — |
2024-04-12 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | OOS | — |
2024-04-04 2 violsPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
2024-02-08 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | OOS | — |
2024-01-27 4 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 209(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(c) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 83(g) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | OOS | — |
2024-01-11 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
2023-09-28 6 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 22(h)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22(h)(3) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(k)(2) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2023-09-19 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | — | — |
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