Carrier profile · USDOT 3715693 · MC-1363410 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Rel Express LLC

4 power unitsavg 14.6 yrRegional · 4 statesMERCED, CA74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1363410 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

4Power units

7 observed · MCS-150

14Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

14.6Avg age (yr)

1999–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(209) 230-0422 Email dispatch[email protected]

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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 average36.8% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average19.1% of driver inspections were placed out of service 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 5 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2021.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo36.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 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 peersOlder

14.6 yr

Model years 1999–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

5 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2021 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

20 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.

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 36.84% on 19 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
16 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 22, 2026.

Safety

22 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 36.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 19.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 19 vehicle and 21 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.4% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 4

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

≈2.8 / 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: 22
Annualized: ≈11 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.8 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 Driving60 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 5 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 27, 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 ’26 · 3 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Db (usbranch)’22–’22

Db (usbranch)’23–’25

Benchmark’25–now

20222023202420252026now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 4 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY · since Apr 2026

All 4 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2025 → May 2026	$750K	6
DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH)	Dec 2023 → Dec 2025	$750K	2
AEGIS SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2022 → Apr 2023	$750K	7
DB INSURANCE CO., LTD (U.S.BRANCH)	Mar 2022 → Dec 2022	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 1, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 4
Observed power (24 mo): 7
Trailers (towed): 14

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

1999

Oldest model yr

90.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 4 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 1, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

California: 14 inspections
Nevada: 6 inspections
Oklahoma: 1 inspections
Arizona: 1 inspections

Home base

MERCED, CA

3568 TAMMY CT

Most inspections: CA

14 inspections

CA 14 · NV 6 · OK 1

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 1, 2026

Last 12 months: 4 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1210141 USDOT 4188267 USDOT 2282485 USDOT 3068478Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (14 trucks · 9 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3077449 USDOT 4188267 USDOT 80403 USDOT 2918213 USDOT 2282485 USDOT 1210141 USDOT 3255625 USDOT 3068478

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

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 1, 2026

Location

Physical address: 3568 TAMMY CT, MERCED, CA, 95348-2828
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (209) 230-0422
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: rel-express.com

Registration

Officer: Ramon S Lomeli
USDOT / docket: 3715693 · MC-1363410
First registered: Sep 3, 2021
Last MCS-150: Jan 26, 2026 · 5,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

5,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 1, 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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37%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

7 of 19 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

164violation records

20OOS-tagged records

7 of 19inspections 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.

Unsafe driving

620%0 / 62

Other vehicle maintenance

5120%10 / 51

Lights

1811%2 / 18

Hours of service

1631%5 / 16

Brakes

157%1 / 15

Driver fitness

2100%2 / 2

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

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

100%

15%

30%

100%Nov 24 to Apr 251 / 1

0%May 25 to Oct 250 / 2

43%Nov 25 to Apr 263 / 7

33%May 26 to Oct 263 / 9

Top 3 codes (40 of 164 records)

392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)18
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection12
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)10

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390.21TB2-DOT USDOT number marking on vehicle9
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)7
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)5
395.8A1-HOSP Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing5
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)4
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps4
392.2-SLLEQP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLSOA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components3
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)3
396.9D2-FTF Inspection of motor vehicles in operation3
392.2-SLLSIV State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.205A-WRC Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.207A-SAPPCBLM Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.45D-BAAL Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators2
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers2
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps2
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
395.8F1-HOSM Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
396.5A-HNL Oil and/or grease leak2
383.23A2-LCDLN Operating without a valid CDL1
390.21TE-LCMVINFO USDOT number marking on vehicle1
391.41APC No / expired medical certificate1
392.16AD Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWG1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.7A-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
393.104B-C Cargo securement — tiedowns1
393.110B3-C Cargo securement — number of tiedowns1
393.11A1-CSLRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-CSURR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11B-CSRIGRR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.201A-VLRDF Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.203C-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.23-LEU Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.55C1-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55D1-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55D2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60C Windshield / glazing1
393.75B-TFV Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.86A1-RIG Rear impact guard / bumper1
393.95A1 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.95A4-EENA Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-HLLH Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LHWS Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9B-LRLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8D11-HOSF Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8D4-HOSF Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8F4-HOSM Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8F5-HOSM Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8K2-HOSP Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1-BALR Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.5B-L Oil and/or grease leak1

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Unsafe driving

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Lights

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for REL EXPRESS LLC.

REL EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 3715693) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY effective Apr 8, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 36.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier received 22 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 19 vehicle-level and 21 driver-level — across 4 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 1, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It reports 4 power units and 3 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 26, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 1, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is REL EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number?

REL EXPRESS LLC's USDOT number is 3715693, and its motor carrier number is MC-1363410.

Is REL EXPRESS LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 1, 2026. REL EXPRESS LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is REL EXPRESS LLC's safety record?

REL EXPRESS LLC has a 36.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 27 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).