RDF TRANSPORT LLC
USDOT 1549156MC-Docket MC575561CENTER VALLEY, PA
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RDF TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 1549156) in CENTER VALLEY, PA — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- 3 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2025-03-16 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- No preventable crashes in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available not elevated.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 12 times, most recent 2025-05-16 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2007-10-16 (C).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 0
Hours of service
No alert
measure 3.33
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 20.23
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Crashes
8
Inspections
6
OOS inspections
12
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 1
- Total drivers
- 1
- Years in business
- 20
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 28.6%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 75%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 12 times last 2025-05-16
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-06-27
- Insurance lapse history
- 3 lapse(s) most recent 2025-03-16
- Last compliance review
- 2007-10-16 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
12
Inspections
9
OOS inspections
76
Violations
19
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-09-25 → 2026-05-14.
Crash history (last 24 months)
No crashes recorded in the last 24 months.
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
38 | 7 | 2025-12-03 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
12 | 5 | 2025-12-03 |
Hours of service 395
|
7 | 1 | 2025-08-07 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
4 | 0 | 2025-08-07 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2023-09-25 |
General safety regulations 390
|
1 | 0 | 2024-10-31 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake system pressure loss | OOS |
| 2025-12-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Frame cracked / loose / sagging / broken | OOS |
| 2025-12-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2025-12-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-12-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brakes (general) Explain: | — |
| 2025-12-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th | OOS |
| 2025-08-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2025-08-07 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-08-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative | — |
| 2025-08-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. | — |
| 2025-08-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Wheel seal leaking | OOS |
| 2025-08-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2025-08-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Contaminated friction surface | — |
| 2025-08-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 and each single unit C | — |
| 2025-08-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-08-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor lower rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-07-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove | — |
| 2025-07-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake system pressure loss | OOS |
| 2025-07-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brakes (general) Explain: | — |
| 2025-07-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-07-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2025-07-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV not equipped with ABS malfunction circuit or signal (Truck-Tractor mfg on/after 3/1/1997; Straight Truck mfg on/afte | — |
| 2025-07-11 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD cannot transfer ELD records electronically | — |
| 2025-07-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor lower rear mud flaps retroreflective sheeting / reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manuf | — |
| 2025-07-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cab front bumper missing/unsecured/protrude | — |
| 2025-07-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-07-11 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failing to maintain ELD user's manual | — |
| 2025-07-11 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failing to maintain ELD instruction sheet | — |
| 2025-07-11 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to maintain instruction sheet for ELD malfunction reporting requirements | — |
| 2025-07-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-07-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-01-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-01-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | OOS |
| 2025-01-17 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD - No record of duty status (ELD Required) | OOS |
| 2025-01-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2025-01-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck Tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 not equipped with an antilock brake system | — |
| 2025-01-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2024-10-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-ply or belt material exposed | OOS |
| 2024-10-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Power steering violations | — |
| 2024-10-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake tubing and hose adequacy | OOS |
| 2024-10-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2024-10-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2024-10-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2024-10-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2024-10-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Wheel seal leaking - inner wheel | — |
| 2024-10-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper | — |
| 2024-10-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2024-07-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Flat tire or fabric exposed | OOS |
| 2024-07-18 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD - No record of duty status (ELD Required) | OOS |
| 2024-07-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 7 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2025-12-03 7 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 201A | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45DLPC | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1B | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1B | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BL | OOS | — |
2025-08-07 13 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSLRR | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A-BCFSBD | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HWSL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D1-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LBL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLI | — | — |
2025-07-11 15 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 22H1 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H2 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H3 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24D | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D1 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203E | — | — |
2024-10-31 13 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 209E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95F | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HWSLIW | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2024-07-18 3 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
2023-10-18 7 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 24(d) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(c) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 25(b) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(c) | — | — |
2023-09-25 5 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5(b) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(c) | — | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 51(a) | OOS | — |
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