Carrier profile · USDOT 358614 · MC-198241 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

J Rayl Transport Inc

DBA JRAYL

326 power unitsavg 6.9 yrNational · 32 statesAKRON, OH81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-198241 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

326Power units

169 observed · MCS-150

210Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.9Avg age (yr)

2000–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(330) 784-1134 Email dispatchsafety@jrayl.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average28.5% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record10 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 37 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1989.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo28.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

20 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo28.4%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

20 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

326 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.9 yr

Model years 2000–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

37 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1989 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

245 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 28.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 116 vehicle and 245 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 5.3 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

236 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 19

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

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 326-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 326
Inspections · 24 mo: 245
Annualized: ≈123 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 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 Driving118 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance56 · 16 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 24 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 6 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: Active

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

$750K BIPD last filed ’24 · 8 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Continental’91–’96

Transportation’96–’06

State Automobile’06–’11

American Trucking’22–now

1991200020092018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · AMERICAN TRUCKING AND TRANSP. INS. CO., RRG · since Jan 2024

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
AMERICAN TRUCKING AND TRANSP. INS. CO., RRG	Mar 2022 → Jan 2024	$750K	2
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2020 → Mar 2022	$750K	1
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	Aug 2017 → Aug 2020	$750K	1
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2016 → May 2016	$750K	8
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Nov 2013 → Nov 2013	$750K	3
WESTFIELD INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2011 → Dec 2013	$750K	4
STATE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2006 → Nov 2011	$750K	2
TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO.	Nov 1996 → Nov 2006	$750K	2
THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Apr 1991 → Nov 1996	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 326
Observed power (24 mo): 169
Trailers (towed): 210

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

25.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 32 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

245

OH busiest

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

Home base

AKRON, OH

1016 TRIPLETT BLVD

Top corridor

OH 61 · IN 25 · TX 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: 13 trucks also ran under 8 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2940164 USDOT 1914273 USDOT 1872866 USDOT 4524556 USDOT 3657524 USDOT 1195053 USDOT 593718 USDOT 3248841Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (86 trucks · 59 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 706271 USDOT 1872866 USDOT 3047229 USDOT 3671480 USDOT 1108325 USDOT 1873432 USDOT 3122364 USDOT 2439128

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@jrayl.com — 4 carriers: USDOT 466832 USDOT 1125942 USDOT 1761715

Shares a company officer with other carriers

ryan richards — 6 carriers: USDOT 3444383 USDOT 3650687 USDOT 3752212 USDOT 3909270 USDOT 4456921

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

326

Observed (24 mo)

169

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1016 TRIPLETT BLVD, AKRON, OH, 44306
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (330) 784-1134
Fax: (330) 940-1661
Email: safety@jrayl.com
Web domain: jrayl.com

Registration

Officers: Ryan Richards · Timothy Rayl
USDOT / docket: 358614 · MC-198241
First registered: Jun 23, 1989
Last MCS-150: Jan 12, 2026 · 20,837,943 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · May 27, 2011
D-U-N-S: 186565065

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

326

Power units

249

Drivers

249

CDL drivers

20,837,943

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 J RAYL TRANSPORT INC.

J RAYL TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 358614) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from AMERICAN TRUCKING AND TRANSP. INS. CO., RRG effective Jan 10, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 28.4% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 245 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 116 vehicle-level and 245 driver-level — across 32 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 20 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 10 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 326 power units and 249 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jan 12, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned May 27, 2011 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is J RAYL TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number?

J RAYL TRANSPORT INC's USDOT number is 358614, and its motor carrier number is MC-198241.

Is J RAYL TRANSPORT INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, J RAYL TRANSPORT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is J RAYL TRANSPORT INC's safety record?

J RAYL TRANSPORT INC has a 28.4% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 421 roadside inspections, with 20 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is J RAYL TRANSPORT INC's fleet?

J RAYL TRANSPORT INC operates 326 power units and 249 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is J RAYL TRANSPORT INC based?

J RAYL TRANSPORT INC is based in AKRON, OH, with roadside inspections recorded across 32 states.

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