Carrier profile · USDOT 17082 · MC-161651 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

R HELFRICH AND SON CORP

DBA R HELFRICH AND SON INC

0 power unitsavg 13.6 yrLocal · 2 statesKEANSBURG, NJ100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-161651 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

0Power units

8 observed · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

13.6Avg age (yr)

2001–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(732) 787-0003 Email dispatchjsampson@helfrichbus.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 30, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Active operating authorityInsurance on file

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

In good standing · 5

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 56 inspections.No BASIC safety alertsNo FMCSA intervention thresholds are currently exceeded.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$5M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$5M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

0 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

13.6 yr

Model years 2001–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

25 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 18.2 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 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.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.67 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 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$5,000,000 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

$5M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $5M 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

$5M BIPD last filed ’24 · 8 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Zurich’96–’03

Hartford Fire’06–’14

Hartford’06–’12

Lexington’12–’17

New York’14–’17

New York’20–now

1995200320112019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 20 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $5,000,000 · NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO. · since Jul 2025

All 20 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	Jul 2020 → Jul 2024	$5M	6
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	Jul 2019 → Jul 2019	$5M	6
GENERAL STAR NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2018 → Jul 2019	$5M	1
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	Jul 2018 → Jul 2019	$5M	1
GENERAL STAR NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2017 → Jul 2018	$5M	1
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	Jul 2017 → Jul 2018	$5M	1
GENERAL STAR NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2017 → Jul 2018	$5M	1
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	Jul 2014 → Jul 2017	$5M	3
LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2012 → Jul 2017	$5M	2
HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2006 → Jul 2012	$5M	1
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2006 → Jul 2014	$5M	1
LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2005 → Jul 2006	$5M	1
WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	Jul 2004 → Jul 2006	$5M	2
LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2004 → Jul 2005	$5M	3
WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	Jul 2004 → Jul 2004	$5M	1
LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2003 → Jul 2004	$5M	1
WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	Jul 2003 → Jul 2004	$5M	1
LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2003 → Jul 2004	$5M	1
ZURICH INSURANCE CO.	Jul 1996 → Jul 2003	$5M	2
RELIANCE NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Jun 1995 → Jul 1996	$5M	2

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 0
Observed power (24 mo): 8
Trailers (towed): 0

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

13.6 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

2001

Oldest model yr

16.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NJ busiest

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

Home base

KEANSBURG, NJ

503 SOUTH LAUREL AVENUE

Top corridor

NJ 24 · PA 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

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

No shared-identity links detected — no reincarnation flag, shared trucks, registration domain, or officer overlap with other carriers.

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 503 SOUTH LAUREL AVENUE, KEANSBURG, NJ, 07734
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (732) 787-0003
Fax: (732) 787-0340
Email: jsampson@helfrichbus.com
Web domain: helfrichbus.com

Registration

Officers: Virginia Helfrich · Debra Sauickie
USDOT / docket: 17082 · MC-161651
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Apr 8, 2026 · 1 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Nov 26, 2024
D-U-N-S: 47499736

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

—Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

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 R HELFRICH AND SON CORP.

R HELFRICH AND SON CORP (USDOT 17082) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 30, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $5,000,000 limit in force from NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO. effective Jul 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 0.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier received 25 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 13 vehicle-level and 20 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 30, 2026.

It reports 0 power units and 42 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 8, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Nov 26, 2024 in the federal record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is R HELFRICH AND SON CORP's USDOT number?

R HELFRICH AND SON CORP's USDOT number is 17082, and its motor carrier number is MC-161651.

Is R HELFRICH AND SON CORP authorized to operate?

As of Jun 30, 2026, R HELFRICH AND SON CORP is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is R HELFRICH AND SON CORP's safety record?

R HELFRICH AND SON CORP has a 0.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 56 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).