Carrier profile · USDOT 963121 · MC-410985 · Updated Jul 29, 2026

RUSSELL MCCALL'S INC

208 power unitsavg 3.7 yrNational · 37 statesDECATUR, GA70/100

NO OPERATING AUTHORITYMC-410985 NO AUTHORITYRATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

208Power units

170 observed · MCS-150

73Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

3.7Avg age (yr)

2011–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(800) 966-6172 Email dispatchTRANSSAFETY@GFIFOODS.COM

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

Established 25 yearsOut-of-service rates below national averageNo active operating authority

Watch · 2

No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Fatal crash on record3 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 2

Established 25 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2001.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 462 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo9.6%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

11 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo9.6%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

11 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

208 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

3.7 yr

Model years 2011–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

25 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2001 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

321 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 9.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 177 vehicle and 319 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.6% · 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 3.5 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

311 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 22

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

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 208-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 208
Inspections · 24 mo: 321
Annualized: ≈161 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving80 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 18 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
395.20 Hours of service / ELDHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)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 ’25 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

St Paul’03–’14

Travelers Property’14–’17

Phoenix’17–’23

Arch’23–now

2001200820152022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY · since Aug 2025

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2023 → Aug 2025	$1M	3
THE PHOENIX INSURANCE CO	May 2017 → Apr 2023	$1M	1
TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	Feb 2014 → May 2017	$1M	1
ST. PAUL MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2003 → May 2014	$1M	2
PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS.	Aug 2001 → Aug 2003	$1M	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 208
Observed power (24 mo): 170
Trailers (towed): 73

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

3.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2011

Oldest model yr

30.9%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 37 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

312

FL busiest

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

Home base

DECATUR, GA

3370 PANTHERSVILLE RD

Top corridor

FL ⇄ GA

FL 46 · CA 39 · GA 24

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 3 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1598699 USDOT 2393872 USDOT 327574 USDOT 753560Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (35 trucks · 40 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 288247 USDOT 1417978 USDOT 1426957 USDOT 327574 USDOT 1494822 USDOT 4236022 USDOT 4353380 USDOT 3959436

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@gfifoods.com — 9 carriers: USDOT 1270310 USDOT 2368916 USDOT 2370636 USDOT 2371470 USDOT 2520260 USDOT 2913717 USDOT 3225622 USDOT 4382503

Shares a company officer with other carriers

melissa dunhem — 6 carriers: USDOT 1270310 USDOT 2370636 USDOT 2520260 USDOT 2913717 USDOT 3225622

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

208

Observed (24 mo)

170

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 3370 PANTHERSVILLE RD, DECATUR, GA, 30034
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (800) 966-6172
Email: transsafety@gfifoods.com
Web domain: gfifoods.com

Registration

Officer: Melissa Dunhem
USDOT / docket: 963121 · MC-410985
First registered: Jun 20, 2001
Last MCS-150: May 7, 2025 · 3,696,827 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Aug 4, 2006
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

208

Power units

225

Drivers

225

CDL drivers

3,696,827

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 RUSSELL MCCALL'S INC.

RUSSELL MCCALL'S INC (USDOT 963121) has a Vektor safety score of 70/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 29, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 29, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY effective Aug 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 29, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 9.6% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 29, 2026.

The carrier received 321 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 177 vehicle-level and 319 driver-level — across 37 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 29, 2026.

The carrier has 11 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 3 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 29, 2026.

It reports 208 power units and 225 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 7, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Aug 4, 2006 in the federal record refreshed Jul 29, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is RUSSELL MCCALL'S INC's USDOT number?

RUSSELL MCCALL'S INC's USDOT number is 963121, and its motor carrier number is MC-410985.

Is RUSSELL MCCALL'S INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 29, 2026, RUSSELL MCCALL'S INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is RUSSELL MCCALL'S INC's safety record?

RUSSELL MCCALL'S INC has a 9.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 462 roadside inspections, with 11 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 70/100 (tier: review).