Carrier profile · USDOT 468962 · MC-248505 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

RUDOLPH FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC

125 power unitsavg 6 yrNational · 36 statesSOUTH FULTON, TN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-248505 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksrudolphfreight.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 24.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 232 vehicle and 427 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.8% · 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 4.6 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

410 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 23

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
125
Inspections · 24 mo
427
Annualized
≈214 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

64%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
45%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
42%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
57%
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 Driving163 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance79 · 73 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance32 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 9 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance22 · 13 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

50 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

32ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
11False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 66% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 45 total · 11 in 24 mo

45
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20257146
20246026
20235014
20224033
20218028
20203012
20193013
20001011
19992002
19941001
19922012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 14, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 9, 2026MO00Yes
Mar 3, 2026OH01Yes
Nov 13, 2025OH01Yes
Jun 4, 2025MO01No
May 19, 2025GA00Yes
May 12, 2025AZ22Yes
Feb 19, 2025OK00Yes
Feb 10, 2025KY00Yes
Jan 6, 2025MS01Yes
Sep 3, 2024AZ00Yes
Jun 21, 2024SC00Yes
Jun 14, 2024AL01Yes
May 12, 2024AR02Yes
Apr 11, 2024TN00Yes
Mar 23, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 11, 2023KY00Yes
Nov 5, 2023MS00Yes
Aug 23, 2023TX01No
Apr 3, 2023TN00Yes
Feb 25, 2023NM00Yes
Dec 16, 2022VA01No
Oct 19, 2022NM00Yes
Jul 4, 2022LA02Yes
Jan 12, 2022TX01Yes