Carrier profile · USDOT 989034 · MC-421217 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Ruggles Farms LLC

45 power unitsavg 3.8 yrNational · 22 statesSPARTA, MO88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-421217 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksrugglesfarms.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 12.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 25 vehicle and 82 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 17.3 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

79 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '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 45-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
82
Annualized
≈41 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

74%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
34%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
50%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
41%
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 Driving49 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

33 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 11, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

27ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
1Drove over hours

9 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 34 total · 5 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20254114
20231001
20222002
20213023
20202002
20191011
20184004
20172002
20164023
20152012
20142022
20123012
20091001
20081001
20071001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 15, 2026PA02Yes
Dec 1, 2025MO00Yes
Oct 5, 2025OK11Yes
Jun 2, 2025MO00Yes
Jan 5, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 19, 2023OH00Yes
Feb 25, 2022NY00Yes
Jan 22, 2022MA00Yes
Dec 26, 2021MS01Yes
Jun 28, 2021PA00Yes
Jan 15, 2021CO02Yes
Dec 2, 2020OK00Yes
Nov 1, 2020MO00Yes
Feb 7, 2019IL01Yes
May 28, 2018ME00Yes
May 21, 2018MO00Yes
May 1, 2018MO00Yes
Jan 15, 2018IL00Yes
Jul 4, 2017MO00Yes
Jul 4, 2017MO00Yes
Dec 17, 2016OH00Yes
Dec 11, 2016NJ02Yes
Aug 2, 2016OH00Yes
Jul 19, 2016NC01No
Jun 26, 2015IN01Yes