F & B TRANSPORT LLC

USDOT 1838656MC-Docket MC797232DALLAS, TX
Review before tendering5 power units

F & B TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 1838656) in DALLAS, 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 (SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY) was filed 26 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2025-07-21) — 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.
  • 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 13 times, most recent 2025-07-21 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
  • 1 other active carrier(s) operate from this exact street + ZIP. High counts are often legitimate registered-agent / virtual-office addresses — treat as context, not a verdict.
  • 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
Active
Contract authority
Not applicable

Safety & BASIC scorecard

Safety rating
Unrated

BASIC safety measures

Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 5.7
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 9.37

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
19
Inspections
4
OOS inspections
7
OOS violations

Insurance

BIPD on file
$750,000 below $1M baseline
Cargo insurance
No
Bond on file
No

Fleet

Power units
5
Total drivers
5
Years in business
18
Hazmat authority
No

Crash risk

Preventable crashes (24 mo)
0 of 0 total crash(es)
Recordable crash rate
0
Driver OOS rate
0%
Vehicle OOS rate
28.6%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
13 times last 2025-07-21
Physical address
1 other carrier(s) at this address
Federal OOS / safety action
None on file
MCS-150 self-report
2026-05-06
Insurance lapse history
No lapses on record
Last compliance review
None on file

Inspection history (all-time)

29
Inspections
5
OOS inspections
53
Violations
9
OOS violations
0
Post-accident

Record spans 2023-08-11 → 2026-04-16.

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
31 7 2026-04-16
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
9 2 2026-01-19
Unsafe driving 392
7 0 2026-03-31

Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)

Date Category Violation OOS
2026-04-16 Vehicle Maintenance Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking - Connection to Power Unit
2026-04-16 Vehicle Maintenance Frame cracked / loose / sagging / broken
2026-03-31 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperative turn signal OOS
2026-03-31 Vehicle Maintenance Non-compliance with headlamp requirements
2026-03-31 Unsafe Driving Failure to obey traffic control device
2026-01-19 Vehicle Maintenance Tire-front tread depth less than 4/32 of inch on a major tread groove
2026-01-19 Vehicle Maintenance Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection
2026-01-19 Vehicle Maintenance Truck-Tractor upper body corner requirements for retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material for vehicles man
2025-12-26 Vehicle Maintenance Tire-front tread depth less than 4/32 of inch on a major tread groove
2025-12-26 Vehicle Maintenance Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection
2025-12-26 Vehicle Maintenance No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998
2025-07-09 Vehicle Maintenance Power steering violations
2025-06-25 Vehicle Maintenance Hubs - Wheel seal leaking - outer wheel OOS
2025-06-25 Vehicle Maintenance Stud/bolt holes elongated on wheels OOS
2025-06-25 Vehicle Maintenance Wheel fasteners loose and/or missing
2025-06-25 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperable Required Lamp
2025-05-29 Unsafe Driving Unauthorized passenger on board CMV
2025-05-15 Vehicle Maintenance Insufficient tiedowns to prevent forward movement for load not blocked by headerboard bulkhead or other cargo OOS
2025-05-15 Vehicle Maintenance Inadequate brakes for safe stopping - Brake Lining condition
2025-04-10 Vehicle Maintenance Hydraulic Brake Hose bulges or swells under pressure OOS
2025-04-10 Vehicle Maintenance Brake - Vacuum hose(s) or line(s) restricted/abraded/chafed through outer cover-to-cord ply crimped/cracked/broken OOS
2025-04-10 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection
2025-04-10 Vehicle Maintenance Brake - Wedge type brake(s) out-of-adjustment
2025-04-10 Vehicle Maintenance Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998
2025-04-10 Vehicle Maintenance Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection
2025-04-10 Vehicle Maintenance Brake - Audible air leak from a brake chamber
2025-04-10 Vehicle Maintenance Horn - Inoperative or defective
2025-04-10 Vehicle Maintenance Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination OOS
2025-04-10 Vehicle Maintenance Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper
2025-04-10 Vehicle Maintenance Lighting - Clearance lamp(s) inoperative
2025-04-10 Vehicle Maintenance Lighting - License plate lamp inoperative
2025-04-10 Vehicle Maintenance Exhaust - System discharging from a truck or truck-tractor at a location other than at the rear of the cab
2024-12-05 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperable head lamps
2024-11-06 Vehicle Maintenance Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt
2024-11-06 Vehicle Maintenance CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear
2024-08-19 Vehicle Maintenance Inoperable Required Lamp

Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)

Showing the 15 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.

2026-04-16 TX · Level 2 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 201A
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45B2PC
2026-03-31 NM · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2C
2026-03-31 NM · Level 2 4 viols· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLS1
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9TS OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9TS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 24A
2026-01-19 TX · Level 2 3 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 11TU
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 75B
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 17C
2025-12-26 TX · Level 2 3 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 55E
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 75B
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 17C
2025-07-09 TX · Level 2 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 209E
2025-06-25 NM · Level 2 4 viols· 2 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 205B OOS
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 5B-HWSLOW OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 205C
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9
2025-05-29 NM · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 60A
2025-05-15 NM · Level 1 2 viols· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 110B OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 47A
2025-04-10 CO · Level 1 15 viols· 4 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 95F
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45B2-B-VAC OOS
Unsafe driving 392 2-SLLTL
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 81-H
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 83E
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45B2-B-VAC OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45D-B
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 3A1-BALAC
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 47F-B
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9A-LLPL
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 3A1-BOS OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 55E-B
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9A-LCL
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 45A-BHB OOS
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 17C-PI
2024-12-05 NM · Level 2 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9H
2024-02-09 TX · Level 2 2 viols
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 75(a)(4)
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9(a)
2024-02-06 TX · Level 1 6 viols· 1 OOS
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 11 OOS
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 9(a)
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 3(a)(1)
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 5(b)
Unsafe driving 392 2
Unsafe driving 392 2
2024-01-25 NM · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Unsafe driving 392 2
2023-08-20 CO · Level 3 1 viol
Area (part) Section OOS Citation
Vehicle inspection & repair 396 17(c)

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