Carrier profile · USDOT 3221520 · MC-1008306 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Rhoda Transport LLC

4 power unitsavg 7.7 yrRegional · 3 statesJOHNSTON, IA80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1008306 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

4Power units

24 observed · MCS-150

34Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.7Avg age (yr)

2001–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(832) 929-8000 Email dispatchtransportrhoda2019@gmail.com

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

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Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average70.4% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average10.9% vs the 6.7% national average.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 8 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2018.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo70.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo70.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

4 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.7 yr

Model years 2001–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

7 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2018 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

55 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 70.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 10.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 54 vehicle and 55 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

72.0% · 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 11.1 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

55 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 9

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

≈6.9 / 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: 4
Inspections · 24 mo: 55
Annualized: ≈28 / yr
Coverage: ≈6.9 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance62 · 5 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving29 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 14 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance19 · 10 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

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 · 6 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Wesco’19–’20

County Hall’20–’21

Highlander Specialty’22–’23

National’23–’24

Texas’24–’25

beyond this history

2019202120232025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Aug 2025

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
TEXAS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2024 → Aug 2025	$750K	2
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jan 2023 → Jan 2024	$750K	1
HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2022 → Jan 2023	$750K	1
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2021 → Jan 2021	$750K	2
COUNTY HALL INSURANCE COMPANY, INC A RR GROUP	Jan 2020 → Jan 2021	$750K	4
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2019 → Jan 2020	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 4
Observed power (24 mo): 24
Trailers (towed): 34

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.7 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2001

Oldest model yr

72.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 3 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TX busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

JOHNSTON, IA

6065 BREMEN CT UNIT 10

Top corridor

TX ⇄ IA

TX 52 · NM 2 · LA 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

Last 12 months: 11 trucks also ran under 8 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3537190 USDOT 4500082 USDOT 3601721 USDOT 4366791 USDOT 232734 USDOT 4354078 USDOT 3018841 USDOT 1397395Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (34 trucks · 39 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2421757 USDOT 3537190 USDOT 4313068 USDOT 4500082 USDOT 2432943 USDOT 3601721 USDOT 4144338 USDOT 4204108

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 6065 BREMEN CT UNIT 10, JOHNSTON, IA, 50131
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (832) 929-8000
Fax: (515) 276-1451
Email: transportrhoda2019@gmail.com

Registration

Officer: Parker Dahn
USDOT / docket: 3221520 · MC-1008306
First registered: Dec 12, 2018
Last MCS-150: Oct 15, 2024 · 180,000 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Conditional · Jul 4, 2021
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

180,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

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

RHODA TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 3221520) has a Vektor safety score of 80/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Sep 6, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Aug 8, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 70.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 55 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 54 vehicle-level and 55 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 6, 2026.

It reports 4 power units and 4 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 15, 2024.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Conditional assigned Jul 4, 2021 in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is RHODA TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number?

RHODA TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number is 3221520, and its motor carrier number is MC-1008306.

Is RHODA TRANSPORT LLC authorized to operate?

As of Sep 6, 2026, RHODA TRANSPORT LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is RHODA TRANSPORT LLC's safety record?

RHODA TRANSPORT LLC has a 70.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 56 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Conditional" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).

How big is RHODA TRANSPORT LLC's fleet?

RHODA TRANSPORT LLC operates 4 power units and 4 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is RHODA TRANSPORT LLC based?

RHODA TRANSPORT LLC is based in JOHNSTON, IA, with roadside inspections recorded across 3 states.

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