RED WAGON EXPRESS LLC
DBA RED WAGON EXPRESS
USDOT 2320907MC-Docket MC792684BALCH SPRINGS, TX
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RED WAGON EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 2320907) in BALCH SPRINGS, 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.
- 1 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2015-03-13 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- 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 and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- No preventable crashes in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0 not elevated.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 5 times, most recent 2023-12-04 — 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 0
Hours of service
No alert
measure 2.63
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 3.36
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 22.81
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
0
Injuries
0
Crashes
5
Inspections
4
OOS inspections
14
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 3
- Total drivers
- 2
- Years in business
- 14
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 33.3%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 66.7%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
- 5 times last 2023-12-04
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-05-14
- Insurance lapse history
- 1 lapse(s) most recent 2015-03-13
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
6
Inspections
4
OOS inspections
71
Violations
14
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2024-05-15 → 2026-04-09.
Crash history (last 24 months)
No crashes recorded in the last 24 months.
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
40 | 7 | 2026-04-09 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
13 | 1 | 2026-04-09 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
6 | 2 | 2026-04-09 |
Hours of service 395
|
6 | 1 | 2025-05-21 |
CDL standards 383
|
2 | 2 | 2025-05-21 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
2 | 1 | 2025-05-21 |
General safety regulations 390
|
2 | 0 | 2025-05-21 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable head lamps | — |
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inadequate brakes for safe stopping - Brake Lining condition | — |
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/improper securement of vehicles | OOS |
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cab front bumper missing/unsecured/protrude | — |
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel fasteners loose and/or missing | — |
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th | OOS |
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2025-10-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove | — |
| 2025-10-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable head lamps | — |
| 2025-10-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor lower rear mud flaps retroreflective sheeting / reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manuf | — |
| 2025-10-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2025-10-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Exhaust - System discharging from a truck or truck-tractor at a location other than at the rear of the cab | — |
| 2025-05-21 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
| 2025-05-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | OOS |
| 2025-05-21 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD - No record of duty status (ELD Required) | OOS |
| 2025-05-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable tail lamp | — |
| 2025-05-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective automatic trailer brake | OOS |
| 2025-05-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-05-21 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on fi | OOS |
| 2025-05-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required | — |
| 2025-05-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor lower rear mud flaps retroreflective sheeting / reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manuf | — |
| 2025-05-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/improper securement of vehicles | OOS |
| 2025-05-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failing to secure vehicle equipment | OOS |
| 2025-05-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-05-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-05-21 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to maintain instruction sheet for ELD malfunction reporting requirements | — |
| 2025-05-21 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to maintain supply of blank drivers records of duty status graph-grids | — |
| 2025-05-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2025-05-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Damaged securement system/tiedowns | — |
| 2025-05-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-05-21 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2025-02-25 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
| 2025-02-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/improper breakaway or emergency braking | OOS |
| 2025-02-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Drivers record of duty status not current | — |
| 2025-02-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failing to retain previous 7 days records of duty status | — |
| 2025-02-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-02-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - oil and/or Grease Leaking from hub - outer wheel | OOS |
| 2025-02-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Frame cracked / loose / sagging / broken | OOS |
| 2025-02-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required | — |
| 2025-02-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-02-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Record of Duty Status violation (general/form and manner) | — |
| 2025-02-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-02-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2025-02-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-02-25 | Driver Fitness | Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on file with the state driver | — |
| 2024-05-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking - Connection to Power Unit | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 6 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-09 18 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 128 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9H | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203E | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2025-10-07 7 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 83E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9H | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2025-05-21 17 viols· 5 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21(a) | — | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2 | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41APC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A-ELD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9T | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43D | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H3 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H4 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2W | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2W | — | — |
2025-05-21 8 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 128 | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9A2 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104B | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2025-02-25 16 viols· 4 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2 | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41A | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HLOW | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 201A | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8F01 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8K2 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2W | — | — |
2024-05-15 5 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(b)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60(d) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
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