Carrier profile · USDOT 430479 · MC-231988 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

R F Trucking of Dane County LLC

8 power unitsavg 14.3 yrRegional · 7 statesARLINGTON, WI100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-231988 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 100.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 8 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

100.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. One window of data — no trend yet. 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

8 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 2

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

≈0.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 8-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 8
Inspections · 24 mo: 8
Annualized: ≈4 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

15%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

25measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving5 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 24, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

1Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 16 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	2	0	0	2
2014	1	0	0	1
2009	1	0	0	1
2008	1	0	1	1
2007	1	0	1	1
2003	2	1	1	1
2002	3	0	1	3
1998	1	0	1	1
1996	1	0	0	1
1995	1	0	1	1
1993	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Feb 3, 2020	IL	0	0	Yes
Jul 16, 2019	WI	0	0	Yes
Feb 3, 2019	MN	0	0	Yes
Mar 13, 2014	TX	0	0	Yes
Dec 30, 2009	WI	0	0	Yes
May 20, 2008	WI	0	1	Yes
Mar 13, 2007	AR	0	1	Yes
Oct 28, 2003	IL	1	0	Yes
Jul 10, 2003	OH	0	1	No
Nov 3, 2002	IL	0	0	Yes
Oct 23, 2002	WI	0	0	Yes
Oct 18, 2002	IL	0	1	Yes
May 6, 1998	WI	0	1	Yes
May 23, 1996	WI	0	0	Yes
Dec 8, 1995	SD	0	2	Yes
May 7, 1993	WI	0	2	Yes