Carrier profile · USDOT 2854009 · MC-970086 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Rafd Transport LLC

5 power unitsavg 14.6 yrLocal · 1 statesESCONDIDO, CA100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-970086 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

5Power units

4 observed · MCS-150

10Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

14.6Avg age (yr)

2004–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(760) 703-2884 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 11 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2016.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 60 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo20.6%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

5 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

14.6 yr

Model years 2004–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

10 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2016 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

60 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Safety

40 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 20.6%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 — 34 vehicle and 38 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.1% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 24.0 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

38 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '26 · 8

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

≈4.0 / 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: 5
Inspections · 24 mo: 40
Annualized: ≈20 / yr
Coverage: ≈4.0 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving31 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Qualitas’16–’17

American Sentinel’17–’19

United Specialty’19–’20

Hudson’20–’25

2016201920222025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY · since Oct 2025

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2020 → Oct 2025	$750K	1
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2019 → Oct 2020	$750K	2
AMERICAN SENTINEL INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2017 → Oct 2019	$750K	3
QUALITAS INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2016 → Nov 2017	$750K	1
GLOBAL HAWK INSURANCE COMPANY, A RRG	Jun 2016 → Nov 2016	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 3, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 5
Observed power (24 mo): 4
Trailers (towed): 10

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

14.6 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2004

Oldest model yr

78.6%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 1 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

California: 40 inspections

Home base

ESCONDIDO, CA

1442 MCKINLEY AVE

Most inspections: CA

40 inspections

CA 40

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 3, 2026

Last 12 months: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 809113Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (4 trucks · 5 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 273818 USDOT 809113 USDOT 3428723 USDOT 528036 USDOT 3465409

Shares a company officer with other carriers

maximino delvalle — 3 carriers: USDOT 2707383 USDOT 3595891

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 3, 2026

Location

Physical address: 1442 MCKINLEY AVE, ESCONDIDO, CA, 92027
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (760) 703-2884
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officers: Maximino Delvalle · Felipe Martinez
USDOT / docket: 2854009 · MC-970086
First registered: Feb 16, 2016
Last MCS-150: Aug 22, 2025 · 315,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

315,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 3, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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21%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

7 of 34 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

85violation records

8OOS-tagged records

7 of 34inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Other vehicle maintenance

2821%6 / 28

Unsafe driving

230%0 / 23

Brakes

205%1 / 20

Lights

147%1 / 14

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

40%

15%

30%

25%Nov 24 to May 253 / 12

0%May 25 to Nov 250 / 7

40%Nov 25 to May 262 / 5

20%May 26 to Nov 262 / 10

Top 3 codes (19 of 85 records)

392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)8
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)6
392.2-SLLEQP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5

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393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects5
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects5
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers5
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)4
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps4
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed4
393.207F-SLAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)3
393.47D2-BLTBD Brake actuators / linings / components2
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components2
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators2
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps2
396.3A1-ALBV Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed2
396.3A1-BALR Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed2
396.5B-L Oil and/or grease leak2
390.21TB1-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle1
390.21TC-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle1
392.2-SLLDL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLMF State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.11A1-LCL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.207A-SAPPAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45D-BAAL Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45D-BHTC Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.47A-BCLMBD Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.9A-HLLH Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LBL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps1
396.3A1 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Unsafe driving

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Brakes

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for RAFD TRANSPORT LLC.

RAFD TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 2854009) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY effective Oct 23, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 20.6% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier received 40 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 34 vehicle-level and 38 driver-level — across 1 state, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It reports 5 power units and 5 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 22, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is RAFD TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number?

RAFD TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number is 2854009, and its motor carrier number is MC-970086.

Is RAFD TRANSPORT LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 3, 2026. RAFD TRANSPORT LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is RAFD TRANSPORT LLC's safety record?

RAFD TRANSPORT LLC has a 20.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 60 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).