Carrier profile · USDOT 848269 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Ruppert Landscape Inc

DBA RUPPERT LANDSCAPE

480 power unitsavg 9.3 yrMulti-region · 9 statesLAYTONSVILLE, MD81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksruppertcompanies.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 30.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 65 vehicle and 77 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 14.1 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

74 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 6

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 480-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
480
Inspections · 24 mo
77
Annualized
≈39 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance31 · 8 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving28 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 118 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 23 total · 6 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20252012
20243003
20212012
20201011
20183013
20171001
20142012
20121011
20092012
20082012
20071010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 15, 2026PA00Yes
May 8, 2026FL00Yes
Jan 18, 2026PA00Yes
Dec 10, 2025VA01Yes
Nov 18, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 9, 2024GA00Yes
Mar 9, 2024DE00Yes
Jan 2, 2024VA00Yes
Oct 27, 2021GA00Yes
Aug 26, 2021MD02Yes
Sep 10, 2020MD02Yes
Aug 1, 2018VA00Yes
Jul 18, 2018VA01Yes
Apr 20, 2018GA00Yes
Sep 19, 2017MD00Yes
Oct 20, 2014MD01Yes
Jan 24, 2014DC00Yes
Nov 26, 2012NC01Yes
Dec 11, 2009MD00Yes
Nov 2, 2009MD01Yes
Aug 22, 2008MD00Yes
Jun 13, 2008MD01Yes
May 17, 2007VA01No