Carrier profile · USDOT 213372 · MC-161024 · Updated Aug 7, 2026

Ramrod Trucking Inc

78 power unitsavg 11.5 yrMulti-region · 12 statesHOUSTON, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-161024 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 25.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 141 vehicle and 168 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.8% · 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 2.2 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

167 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 12

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
1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 78-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
78
Inspections · 24 mo
168
Annualized
84 / yr
Coverage
1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
44%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
70%
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 Maintenance54 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance23 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 8 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance21 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 12 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
2False logs
1Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 77 total · 7 in 24 mo

77
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
30
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20253113
20245025
20232011
20223003
20213023
20204014
20195044
2018100010
20177047
20163013
20151111
20146026
20122011
20112012
20102012
20071001
20061001
20052002
20031001
20011011
19991011
19982012
19972012
19951011
19941001
19932012
19921011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 21, 2026OK01Yes
Feb 4, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 18, 2026OK00Yes
Dec 31, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 25, 2025OK00Yes
Jan 29, 2025TX21Yes
Dec 14, 2024TX00Yes
May 15, 2024TX00Yes
Apr 22, 2024TX01Yes
Feb 23, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 19, 2024TX02Yes
Aug 16, 2023TX01No
Feb 24, 2023TX00Yes
Jun 23, 2022TX00Yes
Jan 19, 2022TX00Yes
Jan 8, 2022TX00Yes
Jun 23, 2021CO00Yes
Feb 11, 2021TX01Yes
Jan 5, 2021NM02Yes
Nov 28, 2020TX00Yes
Jul 15, 2020TX00Yes
Feb 14, 2020TX00Yes
Feb 8, 2020TX03Yes
Nov 16, 2019NM01Yes
Apr 24, 2019TX01Yes