Carrier profile · USDOT 533426 · MC-266130 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Ricker Trucking Company LLC

19 power unitsavg 7.1 yrMulti-region · 10 statesHOT SPRINGS, NC81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-266130 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

19Power units

11 observed · MCS-150

15Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.1Avg age (yr)

2000–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(828) 622-9842 Email dispatchdricker@frontier.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average25.0% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record2 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 33 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1993.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo25.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

19 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.1 yr

Model years 2000–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

33 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1993 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

23 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 25.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 23 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 16.7 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

22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 3

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

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 19-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 19
Inspections · 24 mo: 23
Annualized: ≈12 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

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

393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 1 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver 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: Active
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 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

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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

$1M BIPD last filed ’24 · 9 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Canal’93–’97

Canal’99–’11

Pacific Financial’09–’12

Canal’11–’14

Sentry Select’20–’24

1993200220112020now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 12 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY · since Dec 2025

All 12 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2024 → Dec 2024	$1M	4
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2020 → Dec 2024	$1M	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2019 → Dec 2020	$1M	1
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Dec 2018 → Dec 2019	$1M	1
AMERICAN MILLENNIUM INS/CITADEL REINSURANCE	Dec 2017 → Dec 2017	$1M	7
STONEWOOD INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2016 → Dec 2017	$1M	2
WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2014 → Dec 2016	$1M	2
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2011 → Dec 2014	$1M	3
PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.	Aug 2009 → Dec 2012	$1M	2
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 1999 → Apr 2011	$1M	4
ATHENA ASSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 1997 → Nov 1997	$1M	2
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 1993 → Nov 1997	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 19
Observed power (24 mo): 11
Trailers (towed): 15

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.1 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

61.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 10 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NM busiest

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

Home base

HOT SPRINGS, NC

45 NW HWY 25/70

Top corridor

NM ⇄ NC

NM 7 · AR 3 · TN 3

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-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

Show all-time history (5 trucks · 5 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1739423 USDOT 3497312 USDOT 3095727 USDOT 3399041 USDOT 3523498

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@frontier.com — 3088 carriers: USDOT 1552 USDOT 2345 USDOT 2477 USDOT 9392 USDOT 10611 USDOT 13191 USDOT 38515 USDOT 38519

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 45 NW HWY 25/70, HOT SPRINGS, NC, 28743
Mailing address: PO BOX 278, HOT SPRINGS, NC, 28743
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (828) 622-9842
Cell: (828) 712-1050
Fax: (828) 622-3458
Email: dricker@frontier.com

Registration

Officer: Darell Ricker
USDOT / docket: 533426 · MC-266130
First registered: Aug 12, 1993
Last MCS-150: Apr 15, 2026 · 1,240,032 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jan 9, 2012
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,240,032

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 RICKER TRUCKING COMPANY LLC.

RICKER TRUCKING COMPANY LLC (USDOT 533426) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY effective Dec 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 25.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 23 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 8 vehicle-level and 23 driver-level — across 10 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 19 power units and 21 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 15, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jan 9, 2012 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is RICKER TRUCKING COMPANY LLC's USDOT number?

RICKER TRUCKING COMPANY LLC's USDOT number is 533426, and its motor carrier number is MC-266130.

Is RICKER TRUCKING COMPANY LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, RICKER TRUCKING COMPANY LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is RICKER TRUCKING COMPANY LLC's safety record?

RICKER TRUCKING COMPANY LLC has a 25.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 37 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is RICKER TRUCKING COMPANY LLC's fleet?

RICKER TRUCKING COMPANY LLC operates 19 power units and 21 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is RICKER TRUCKING COMPANY LLC based?

RICKER TRUCKING COMPANY LLC is based in HOT SPRINGS, NC, with roadside inspections recorded across 10 states.

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