Carrier profile · USDOT 2057147 · MC-729143 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

NEW RAM EXPRESS LLC

50 power unitsavg 5.7 yrNational · 22 statesMILWAUKEE, WI81/100
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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 26.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 71 vehicle and 136 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 7.2 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

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

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 50-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
50
Inspections · 24 mo
136
Annualized
≈68 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

65%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
94%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
60%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
63%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving86 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance39 · 30 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance30 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 7 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance10 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

61 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
25False logs
10Drove over hours

Trending worse — 68% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 43 total · 9 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20257016
20245015
20231011
20223003
20215035
20203003
20193103
20181001
20175035
20163003
20153013
20141001
20132112
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 28, 2025IN00Yes
Dec 2, 2025IL00Yes
Nov 10, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 30, 2025WI00Yes
Sep 4, 2025SC00Yes
Jun 3, 2025IL00Yes
Feb 7, 2025IL01No
Nov 19, 2024WI00Yes
Oct 18, 2024WI00Yes
Jun 5, 2024KY00Yes
Mar 11, 2024WI00Yes
Jan 17, 2024IA01Yes
Feb 8, 2023IN01Yes
Jun 15, 2022IN00Yes
May 27, 2022IN00Yes
Feb 15, 2022NH00Yes
Jul 2, 2021IN01Yes
May 16, 2021NC00Yes
May 6, 2021IL01Yes
Mar 25, 2021MS01Yes
Feb 11, 2021WI00Yes
Jun 1, 2020KY00Yes
Apr 7, 2020TN00Yes
Jan 9, 2020WI00Yes
Dec 7, 2019GA10Yes