Carrier profile · USDOT 229829 · Updated Aug 7, 2026

Reeder Distributors Inc

40 power unitsavg 7.6 yrLocal · 1 statesFT WORTH, TX94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 8.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 73 vehicle and 76 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.7% · 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 5.1 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

73 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 8

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 40-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
40
Inspections · 24 mo
76
Annualized
≈38 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

1%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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 Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Apr 21, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 23 total · 3 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252002
20221011
20201001
20181001
20171011
20162002
20131001
20122002
20081001
20071001
20032002
20003023
19971011
19951001
19941001
19931011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 9, 2026TX01Yes
Aug 5, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 11, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 11, 2022TX01Yes
Apr 14, 2020TX00Yes
Feb 12, 2018TX00Yes
Jul 14, 2017TX01Yes
Nov 30, 2016TX00Yes
Jun 3, 2016TX00Yes
Apr 19, 2013TX00Yes
Nov 2, 2012TX00Yes
Jan 11, 2012TX00Yes
Jul 21, 2008TX00Yes
Feb 19, 2007TX00Yes
Aug 29, 2003TX00Yes
Jan 21, 2003TX00Yes
Nov 28, 2000TX00Yes
Oct 11, 2000TX02Yes
Sep 18, 2000TX01Yes
Apr 29, 1997TX01Yes
May 19, 1995TX00Yes
Jan 13, 1994TX00Yes
May 6, 1993TX01Yes