FOSTER & SONS TRANSPORTATION LLC
USDOT 2410325MC-Docket MC830492BEAUMONT, TX
Review before tendering2 power units
FOSTER & SONS TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 2410325) in BEAUMONT, TX — 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.
- 2 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2016-09-08 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- Current BIPD policy (PROFESSIONAL TRANSPORTATION RRG INC) was filed 27 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2026-03-19) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- 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 0 not elevated.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 11 times, most recent 2026-03-19 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2024-05-23 (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 2.36
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.42
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 17.29
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
9
Inspections
5
OOS inspections
7
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 2
- Total drivers
- 2
- Years in business
- 13
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 20%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 55.6%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
- 11 times last 2026-03-19
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-03-17
- Insurance lapse history
- 2 lapse(s) most recent 2016-09-08
- Last compliance review
- 2024-05-23 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
13
Inspections
7
OOS inspections
71
Violations
9
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2024-02-01 → 2026-05-11.
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
|
33 | 3 | 2026-03-25 |
Hours of service 395
|
10 | 1 | 2025-09-29 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
8 | 1 | 2026-03-25 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 1 | 2025-07-01 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
1 | 0 | 2025-07-01 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-03-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2026-03-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2026-03-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Missing/broken component(s) | — |
| 2026-03-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2026-03-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Non-compliance with headlamp requirements | — |
| 2026-03-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable tail lamp | — |
| 2026-03-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2026-03-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-09-29 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Manner) - Driver failed to retain a copy of each record of duty status for the previous 7 consecutive days which sh | — |
| 2025-09-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Flat tire or fabric exposed | OOS |
| 2025-08-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking in tread area and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped | OOS |
| 2025-08-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-08-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2025-08-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 and each single unit C | — |
| 2025-08-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake system pressure loss | OOS |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable head lamps | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/improper breakaway or emergency braking | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV other than truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1998 not equipped with an antilock brake system | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV not equipped with ABS malfunction circuit or signal (Truck-Tractor mfg on/after 3/1/1997; Straight Truck mfg on/afte | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured on/after 3/1/2001 not equipped with ABS malfunction circuit / lamp from towed vehicle in cab | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brakes (general) Explain: | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a CDL (passenger or property carrying) vehicle that is non-excepted and the driver has | OOS |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Loose or unfastened tiedown | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/improper securement of crushed vehicles | OOS |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Oil and/or grease leak | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Portable ELD not mounted in a fixed position and visible to driver | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failing to maintain ELD user's manual | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failing to maintain ELD instruction sheet | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to maintain instruction sheet for ELD malfunction reporting requirements | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to maintain supply of blank drivers records of duty status graph-grids | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add the trailer number | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add shipping document number | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Damaged securement system/tiedowns | — |
| 2024-08-09 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False Record of Duty Status - Improper use of Personal Conveyance Exception | — |
| 2024-08-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2024-08-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/Defective Hazard Warning Lamp | — |
| 2024-08-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2024-08-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV other than truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1998 not equipped with an antilock brake system | — |
| 2024-08-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV not equipped with ABS malfunction circuit or signal (Truck-Tractor mfg on/after 3/1/1997; Straight Truck mfg on/afte | — |
| 2024-08-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo not immobilized or secured | — |
| 2024-08-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/improper securement of crushed vehicles | OOS |
| 2024-08-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-08-09 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failing to maintain ELD instruction sheet | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 8 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-03-25 6 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BMBCBD | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2026-03-18 5 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 24A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9T | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
2025-09-29 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8K2-HOSRC | — | — |
2025-08-06 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOLTIS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D1-B | — | — |
2025-07-01 26 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B4 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1B | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 132 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104F3 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9H | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2PC | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22G | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H1 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H2 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H3 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H4 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2II | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2III | — | — |
2024-05-07 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 3(a)(2) | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | — | — |
2024-02-22 6 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
2024-02-01 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
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