Carrier profile · USDOT 1162821 · MC-458548 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Rbex Inc

DBA APPLE TOWING COMPANY

74 power unitsavg 7.9 yrRegional · 3 statesHOUSTON, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-458548 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

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

Vehicle OOS 21.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 14 vehicle and 14 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · 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 26.8 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

13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 74-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
74
Inspections · 24 mo
14
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
42%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.23 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 29 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 29 total · 1 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20242002
20223021
20216033
20202112
20194014
20181001
20171010
20161001
20141011
20132012
20101011
20091001
20061001
20052012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 17, 2025TX01Yes
Mar 26, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 6, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 18, 2022TX00Yes
Aug 20, 2022TX01No
Jun 13, 2022TX01No
Nov 30, 2021TX00Yes
Oct 27, 2021TX01No
Jun 14, 2021TX00Yes
Apr 6, 2021TX01No
Mar 1, 2021TX00Yes
Jan 22, 2021TX01No
Oct 13, 2020TX01Yes
Aug 11, 2020TX10Yes
Nov 8, 2019TX00Yes
Sep 27, 2019TX00Yes
Mar 21, 2019TX00Yes
Mar 10, 2019TX01Yes
Mar 16, 2018TX00Yes
Sep 8, 2017TX01No
Apr 18, 2016TX00Yes
Jul 16, 2014TX01Yes
Mar 28, 2013TX00Yes
Jan 15, 2013TX01Yes
Mar 8, 2010TX01Yes