BLUE RHINO LOGISTICS LLC
USDOT 2454592MC-Docket MC847722ARLINGTON, TX
Review before tendering24 power units
BLUE RHINO LOGISTICS LLC (USDOT 2454592) in ARLINGTON, 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.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Current BIPD policy (CLEAR BLUE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY) was filed 26 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2025-12-15) — 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.
- Vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 3 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 8 times, most recent 2025-12-15 — 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
- Not applicable
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 2.2
Hours of service
No alert
measure 1.14
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.08
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 9.32
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
3
Crashes
67
Inspections
18
OOS inspections
23
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 24
- Total drivers
- 24
- Years in business
- 13
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 3 of 3 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 4.3%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 45.7%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
- 8 times last 2025-12-15
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-03-10
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
109
Inspections
32
OOS inspections
219
Violations
47
OOS violations
1
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-03 → 2026-05-21.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-06-04
CT
Tow-away
2025-06-04
TX
Tow-away
2024-07-23
CO
1 injuredTow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
93 | 24 | 2026-05-06 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
27 | 1 | 2026-05-01 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
24 | 9 | 2025-10-15 |
Hours of service 395
|
20 | 2 | 2026-03-07 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2025-03-26 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at other than a proper connection | OOS |
| 2026-03-07 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the current 8 consecutive day | — |
| 2026-03-07 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving beyond the 14 hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the curr | — |
| 2026-03-07 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids suffi | — |
| 2026-02-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck Tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 not equipped with an antilock brake system | — |
| 2026-02-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2025-12-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2025-12-21 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-12-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-10-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 1/32 inch tread depth at 3 locations/2 adjacent tread grooves | OOS |
| 2025-10-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal -Any inoperative on a unit that is not the rearmost unit | — |
| 2025-10-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Fails air loss rate test | OOS |
| 2025-10-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any missing | — |
| 2025-10-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2025-10-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-10-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2025-09-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-09-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failed to review any unassigned driving time when prompted by the ELD | — |
| 2025-09-09 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-09-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-09-02 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-08-16 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-08-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others in contact with a part of the vehicle | OOS |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Lamps improper color height location. | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 not equipped with an ABS system. System does not functio | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-07-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - A portable ELD is not mounted in a fixed position and visible to the driver when seated in the normal drivin | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor upper rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-05-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the current 8 consecutive day | — |
| 2025-05-25 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-05-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damage into the outer reinforcement ply. | OOS |
| 2025-05-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) fail to operate on low and high beam | — |
| 2025-05-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Fuel - Dripping leak. | OOS |
| 2025-05-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor upper rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-05-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative | — |
| 2025-05-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Audible air leak from a brake chamber | — |
| 2025-04-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-04-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2025-04-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Cracked/loose/missing lining/pad on a steering axle | OOS |
| 2025-04-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damage into the outer reinforcement ply. | — |
| 2025-03-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | All Brakes - Missing or Broken Components including Pad Retaining Components and loose or missing caliper mounting bolt( | OOS |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-05-06 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A | OOS | — |
2026-05-01 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
2026-03-14 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-BAAL | OOS | — |
2026-03-07 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H4-ELDBRODS | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
2026-02-06 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E | — | — |
2025-12-26 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
2025-12-21 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2025-12-06 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHLI | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
2025-10-15 9 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LHLM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BALR | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWPB | — | — |
2025-09-02 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS3 | — | — |
2025-08-16 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS4 | — | — |
2025-08-15 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-TAOCV | OOS | — |
2025-08-14 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
2025-08-08 6 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EEUS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LCHL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C1-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LRLI | — | — |
2025-07-25 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS1 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22G-ELDMFV | — | — |
2025-07-09 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTL | — | — |
2025-07-01 7 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LFTSI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LBL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSURR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2025-05-25 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
2025-05-23 5 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-F | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-BHTD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-BHTD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-HLLH | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSURR | — | — |
2025-05-14 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LBL | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BALAC | — | — |
2025-04-24 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHLI | — | — |
2025-04-06 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTL | — | — |
2025-04-01 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A-BCLMBD-SA | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-BHTD | — | — |
2025-03-27 6 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BMBC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-LC | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9A | OOS | — |
2025-03-26 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2SLSNC | — | — |
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