Carrier profile · USDOT 1827421 · Updated Jul 16, 2026

RANGER EXCAVATING LP

82 power unitsavg 6.6 yrLocal · 1 statesAUSTIN, TX81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linksrangerexcavating.comFMCSA SAFER

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 24.0%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 — 75 vehicle and 88 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.6% · 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 11.0 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

86 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '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.

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 82-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
82
Inspections · 24 mo
88
Annualized
≈44 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
47%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
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 Driving63 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 128 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 91 total · 7 in 24 mo

91
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
42
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261010
20253022
20248048
20234033
20223013
20212002
20206045
20195023
20188057
20175124
201610038
20157017
20137045
20126035
20118158
20102012
20095015
20081101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 15, 2026TX01No
Nov 25, 2025TX01Yes
May 19, 2025TX01No
Feb 11, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 31, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 9, 2024TX01Yes
Aug 6, 2024TX01Yes
May 20, 2024TX00Yes
Mar 29, 2024TX03Yes
Mar 9, 2024TX00Yes
Mar 5, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 5, 2024TX01Yes
Sep 6, 2023TX01Yes
Jul 8, 2023TX01Yes
Jun 14, 2023TX01No
Apr 14, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 28, 2022TX00Yes
Feb 13, 2022TX01Yes
Jan 29, 2022TX00Yes
Jul 27, 2021TX00Yes
Jun 11, 2021TX00Yes
Dec 22, 2020TX01Yes
Sep 28, 2020TX00Yes
Jun 19, 2020TX01No
Apr 24, 2020TX00Yes