Carrier profile · USDOT 785031 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Ridge Recyclers Inc

DBA LIBERTY TIRE RECYCLING

13 power unitsLocal · 1 statesJOHNSTON, SC50/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED 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

Vehicle OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1 vehicle and 1 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

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

≈0.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 13-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: 13
Inspections · 24 mo: 1
Annualized: ≈1 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.0 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

Vehicle Maintenance

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

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.

390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 1 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 13 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2020	1	0	1	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2012	3	0	2	3
2009	1	0	1	1
2008	1	0	1	0
2005	1	0	0	1
2004	1	1	0	1
2002	1	0	0	1
2001	2	0	1	2
2000	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Dec 9, 2020	SC	0	1	Yes
Oct 30, 2018	SC	0	0	Yes
Oct 4, 2012	SC	0	1	Yes
May 15, 2012	SC	0	0	Yes
Apr 4, 2012	GA	0	1	Yes
Jun 25, 2009	SC	0	2	Yes
Dec 8, 2008	SC	0	2	No
Dec 19, 2005	SC	0	0	Yes
Nov 28, 2004	SC	1	0	Yes
Jul 30, 2002	SC	0	0	Yes
Oct 15, 2001	SC	0	2	Yes
Jun 13, 2001	SC	0	0	Yes
Jul 19, 2000	GA	0	2	Yes