Carrier profile · USDOT 1208608 · MC-480783 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

EDWARD K INC

DBA RAM SERVICES

38 power unitsavg 15.6 yrLocal · 1 statesBOYD, TX93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-480783 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

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

Vehicle OOS 32.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 43 vehicle and 44 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.7% · 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 5.7 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

41 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 38-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
38
Inspections · 24 mo
44
Annualized
≈22 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
86%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Maintenance28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 7 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 11 total · 0 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231011
20221001
20181001
20171001
20161001
20152002
20141101
20131011
20091010
20081001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 11, 2023TX01Yes
Oct 10, 2022TX00Yes
Jul 17, 2018TX00Yes
Mar 1, 2017TX00Yes
Jun 30, 2016TX00Yes
Aug 20, 2015TX00Yes
Mar 17, 2015TX00Yes
Jul 28, 2014TX10Yes
Nov 8, 2013TX01Yes
Apr 7, 2009TX01No
Jan 9, 2008TX00Yes