Carrier profile · USDOT 273293 · MC-228864 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Rick Franklin Corporation

42 power unitsavg 15.3 yrLocal · 2 statesLEBANON, OR80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-228864 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 83.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

80.0% · 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 9.4 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

10 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 42-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
42
Inspections · 24 mo
10
Annualized
≈5 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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.

  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving3 · 3 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 18 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 20 total · 3 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20233013
20172002
20161001
20151001
20142002
20101011
20072012
20003003
19981001
19961011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 7, 2025OR00Yes
Jun 30, 2025OR00Yes
Mar 28, 2025OR01Yes
Nov 21, 2023OR00Yes
Sep 20, 2023ID01Yes
Jan 30, 2023OR00Yes
Nov 15, 2017OR00Yes
Sep 28, 2017OR00Yes
Dec 2, 2016OR00Yes
May 19, 2015ID00Yes
Apr 25, 2014OR00Yes
Jan 9, 2014ID00Yes
Jul 30, 2010OR02Yes
Aug 27, 2007OR02Yes
Jul 6, 2007OR00Yes
Sep 18, 2000OR00Yes
Sep 18, 2000OR00Yes
Sep 18, 2000OR00Yes
Apr 21, 1998OR00Yes
Jan 3, 1996OR01Yes