Carrier profile · USDOT 924181 · MC-367971 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

RDF Express Inc

11 power unitsavg 4.9 yrRegional · 3 statesEL CENTRO, CA94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-367971 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

11Power units

6 observed · MCS-150

5Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.9Avg age (yr)

2012–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(760) 352-8500 Email dispatchdebbief@rdfexpress.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 1

Driver out-of-service rate above average8.0% vs the 6.7% national average.

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 26 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2000.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo4.2%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo4.2%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

11 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.9 yr

Model years 2012–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

25 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2000 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

25 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 4.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 8.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 24 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 12.4 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 3

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 11-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 11
Inspections · 24 mo: 25
Annualized: ≈13 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 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: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not 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 ’25 · 9 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Specialty Alliance’06–’08

Monterey’08–’12

Scottsdale’12–’15

Old Republic’15–’19

Scottsdale’20–’22

American Inter-fidelity’23–now

2004201020162022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · AMERICAN INTER-FIDELITY EXCHANGE · since Dec 2025

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
AMERICAN INTER-FIDELITY EXCHANGE	Dec 2023 → Dec 2025	$750K	2
BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2022 → Dec 2023	$750K	1
SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	Dec 2020 → Dec 2022	$750K	1
ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Oct 2019 → Dec 2020	$750K	3
OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2015 → Oct 2019	$750K	4
SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	May 2012 → May 2015	$750K	5
MONTEREY INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2008 → May 2012	$750K	4
SPECIALTY UNDERWRITERS ALLIANCE	May 2006 → May 2008	$750K	2
CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO.	May 2005 → Jul 2005	$750K	3
CASCADE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2004 → Jun 2005	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 11
Observed power (24 mo): 6
Trailers (towed): 5

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.9 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2012

Oldest model yr

63.6%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 3 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

AZ busiest

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

Home base

EL CENTRO, CA

240 E COMMERCIAL AVE

Top corridor

AZ ⇄ CA

AZ 15 · CA 9

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

Show all-time history (5 trucks · 8 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 500737 USDOT 945634 USDOT 2397608 USDOT 3805030 USDOT 3820212 USDOT 2657958 USDOT 82866 USDOT 297080

Shares a company officer with other carriers

roy foster — 4 carriers: USDOT 1491220 USDOT 1640870 USDOT 1933987

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

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: 240 E COMMERCIAL AVE, EL CENTRO, CA, 92243
Mailing address: PO BOX 98, BRAWLEY, CA, 92227
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (760) 352-8500
Fax: (760) 352-8501
Email: debbief@rdfexpress.com
Web domain: rdfexpress.com

Registration

Officers: Roy Foster · Debbie Foster
USDOT / docket: 924181 · MC-367971
First registered: Dec 21, 2000
Last MCS-150: Dec 11, 2025 · 324,924 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Oct 3, 2006
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

324,924

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 RDF EXPRESS INC.

RDF EXPRESS INC (USDOT 924181) has a Vektor safety score of 94/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active 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 INTER-FIDELITY EXCHANGE effective Dec 30, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 4.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 25 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 24 vehicle-level and 25 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 11 power units and 12 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Dec 11, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Oct 3, 2006 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is RDF EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

RDF EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 924181, and its motor carrier number is MC-367971.

Is RDF EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

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

What is RDF EXPRESS INC's safety record?

RDF EXPRESS INC has a 4.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 41 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 94/100 (tier: clear).

How big is RDF EXPRESS INC's fleet?

RDF EXPRESS INC operates 11 power units and 12 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is RDF EXPRESS INC based?

RDF EXPRESS INC is based in EL CENTRO, CA, with roadside inspections recorded across 3 states.

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