EQUIPMENT EXPRESS INC
USDOT 1863281MC-Docket MC673865CALDWELL, TX
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EQUIPMENT EXPRESS INC (USDOT 1863281) in CALDWELL, 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: $1,900,000.
- Cargo insurance on file.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Current BIPD policy (NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA) was filed 27 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2026-02-27) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 2 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 13 times, most recent 2026-02-27 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- 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 0.27
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.34
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 7.71
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
1
Injuries
2
Crashes
15
Inspections
2
OOS inspections
5
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,900,000
- Cargo insurance
- Yes
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 15
- Total drivers
- 9
- Years in business
- 17
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 2 of 2 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 5.6%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 14.3%
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
- 13 times last 2026-02-27
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-03-15
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
21
Inspections
2
OOS inspections
57
Violations
5
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-08-15 → 2026-04-08.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-12-22
TX
Tow-away
2025-10-13
TX
1 injuredTow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
33 | 2 | 2026-04-08 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
8 | 1 | 2026-02-26 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
7 | 1 | 2025-07-02 |
Hours of service 395
|
5 | 0 | 2024-06-25 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2024-06-25 |
General safety regulations 390
|
1 | 0 | 2023-08-15 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks Under Vehicle | — |
| 2026-04-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured on/after 3/1/2001 not equipped with ABS malfunction circuit / lamp from towed vehicle in cab | — |
| 2026-04-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor upper body corner requirements for retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material for vehicles man | — |
| 2026-04-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2026-04-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Exhaust - Discharging at a point forward or directly below the driver or sleeper compartment | — |
| 2026-02-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel (Mud) Flaps missing or defective | — |
| 2025-07-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-07-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Oil and/or grease leak | — |
| 2025-07-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Oil and/or Grease Leaking from hub - inner wheel | — |
| 2025-04-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Weight carried exceeds tire load limit | OOS |
| 2025-04-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor lower rear mud flaps retroreflective sheeting / reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manuf | — |
| 2025-04-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor upper body corner requirements for retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material for vehicles man | — |
| 2025-04-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Requirements for reflectors | — |
| 2025-04-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-02-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor lower rear mud flaps retroreflective sheeting / reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manuf | — |
| 2025-02-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor upper body corner requirements for retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material for vehicles man | — |
| 2025-02-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Requirements for reflectors | — |
| 2025-02-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2024-12-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required | — |
| 2024-12-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor upper body corner requirements for retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material for vehicles man | — |
| 2024-10-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable head lamps | — |
| 2024-10-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2024-10-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Warning flag required on projecting load | — |
| 2024-10-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable head lamps | — |
| 2024-10-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2024-06-25 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
| 2024-06-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2024-06-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | — |
| 2024-06-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake system pressure loss | OOS |
| 2024-06-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brakes (general) Explain: | — |
| 2024-06-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failing to secure vehicle equipment | OOS |
| 2024-06-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required | — |
| 2024-06-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor lower rear mud flaps retroreflective sheeting / reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manuf | — |
| 2024-06-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor upper body corner requirements for retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material for vehicles man | — |
| 2024-06-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Record of Duty Status violation (general/form and manner) | — |
| 2024-06-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Horn inoperative | — |
| 2024-06-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2024-05-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks - Connection to Power Unit | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 14 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-08 5 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TU | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45DLUV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 83G | — | — |
2026-02-26 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2WC | — | — |
2025-07-02 6 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HLIW | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HLIW | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HLIW | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HLIW | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B | — | — |
2025-04-24 13 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TU | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 26 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 26 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75G-LOAD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75G-LOAD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2W | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2W | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2W | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2W | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2W | — | — |
2025-02-28 5 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TU | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 26 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 26 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
2024-12-16 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TU | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
2024-10-23 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9H | — | — |
2024-10-15 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 87A | — | — |
2024-10-10 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(b)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
2024-06-25 10 viols· 4 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23(a)(2) | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9(a)(2) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | OOS | — |
2024-06-05 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60(d) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 81 | — | — |
2024-03-04 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8 | — | — |
2023-10-23 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 81 | — | — |
2023-08-15 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60(d) | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21T(b) | — | — |
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