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Company CheckR & L TRANSFER INC · DOT 172598

600 GILLAM RD, WILMINGTON, OH, 45177

DOT# 172598 MC# 146892 Wilmington, Ohio 45 years

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10,200

Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest Jul 8, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

May 15, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
May 1, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Apr 21, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Apr 18, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Apr 17, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Driver Reviews (43 from industry sources)

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Contact Details

Phone(937) 382-1494

Fax(937) 382-2677

Email-

Physical Address600 GILLAM RD, WILMINGTON, OH, 45177

Mailing AddressP O BOX 271, WILMINGTON, OH, 45177

Other Companies at This Address

Address600 GILLAM RD, WILMINGTON, OH 45177

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Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
R & L TRANSFER INC this company	172598	(937) 382-1494	Active
R+L PARAMOUNT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INC	766418	(937) 382-1494	Inactive

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeOTHER-REGISTRAR;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC146892

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating45 years

All Docket Numbers

MC146892

Company Overview

R & L TRANSFER INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Wilmington, Ohio. The company has been in operation for 45 years, registered with the FMCSA on 06/01/1974. The fleet consists of 10,200 power units and 1 driver. Annual mileage is reported at 1 miles (2025). The carrier transports Registrar. 26 crashes have been reported with no fatalities. A total of 4 inspections are on file. Both driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are below the national average, indicating strong compliance. Active operating authorities include Common, Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, R & L TRANSFER INC has a Trust Score of 98/100 (Excellent). 43 driver reviews are available from industry sources.

Cargo Transported

Registrar

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 4 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1 miles

Mileage Year2025

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatYes

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)26

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review01/06/2004

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type82

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/30/2026

CompanyPROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.

Policy #B-11319

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet10,200 units

Drivers1

Mileage1 mi

Operating45 years

MCS-15003/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)26

Fatal0

Injury9

Tow-Away17

Driver Inspections

Total3

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total1

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 01/06/2004

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

3 · 1 OOS -

2024

2 · 0 OOS ▼

2025

1 · 0 OOS =

2026

1 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

13 crashes -

2024

11 crashes ▼

2025

15 crashes ▲

2026

8 crashes ▼

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through May 2026, 2 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean, no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (47)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
05/01/2026	KANSAS CITY	MO	0	1	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight
04/21/2026	INTERSTATE 16 E MM 102 NEAR GA HWY 57	GA	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dawn
04/18/2026	NON-CITY OR UNINCORPORATE	MO	0	2	1	2	Rain	Wet	Dawn
04/17/2026	ARCHDALE	NC	0	1	1	1	Clear	Dry	Dawn
04/16/2026	AUSTIN	TX	0	1	0	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
01/28/2026	WORCESTER	MA	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dusk
01/15/2026	Not Reported	VA	0	0	1	2	Sleet/Hail	Dry	Daylight
01/05/2026	ALBANY	GA	0	1	1	2	Severe Crosswinds	Dry	Daylight
12/29/2025	SEATTLE	WA	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
10/24/2025	MYRTLE BEACH	SC	0	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
10/03/2025	ALLENTOWN	PA	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
09/26/2025	CAMDEN	SC	0	2	1	2	Other/Unknown	Other/Unknown	Other/Unknown
09/11/2025	YORKTOWN	IN	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dawn
08/02/2025	Annawan	IL	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dawn
08/02/2025	Annawan	IL	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dawn
07/11/2025	E ST LOUIS TWP	IL	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dark - Not Lighted
06/06/2025	HUDSON	WI	0	1	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight
05/15/2025	FRANKLIN (TOWNSHIP OF)	OH	0	2	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
04/30/2025	BETTENDORF	IA	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
03/27/2025	WADESBORO	NC	0	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
03/19/2025	AMES	IA	0	0	1	2	Rain	Wet	Daylight
03/13/2025	AKRON	OH	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dusk
02/05/2025	I 80 EB 132MM	IA	0	0	1	2	Snow	Water	Dawn
12/10/2024	SEVIERVILLE	TN	0	0	1	2	Other/Unknown	Wet	Dusk
09/18/2024	GREENVILLE	IL	0	1	0	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
08/01/2024	Leyden Twp	IL	0	0	1	4	Rain	Wet	Dusk
07/18/2024	SALT LAKE CITY	UT	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
07/03/2024	LEXINGTON	NC	0	2	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
06/26/2024	GREENWICH	CT	0	1	1	1	Clear	Wet	Dusk
06/13/2024	DOUGLASVILLE	GA	0	0	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight
05/30/2024	CENTER (TOWNSHIP OF)	OH	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
02/14/2024	WOODVILLE (TOWNSHIP OF)	OH	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dawn
02/14/2024	ST LOUIS	MO	0	1	0	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
01/23/2024	12131 ROUTE 1	VA	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dark - Unknown
12/22/2023	SPARTANBURG	SC	0	1	0	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
12/11/2023	ROANOKE RAPIDS	NC	0	0	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight
11/30/2023	EAST RIDGE	TN	1	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
10/23/2023	AHOSKIE	NC	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
10/17/2023	I 70 AT MP 378	CO	0	3	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dawn
10/02/2023	KINGSVILLE	TX	0	0	1	1	Rain	Snow/Slush	Daylight
09/29/2023	NON-CITY OR UNINCORPORATE	MO	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dawn
09/28/2023	ASHEVILLE	NC	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
08/25/2023	YPSILANTI TWP	MI	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
08/21/2023	NON-CITY OR UNINCORPORATE	MO	0	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dawn
07/14/2023	I 95 S AT MILE MARKER 60	GA	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
07/13/2023	DALLAS	TX	0	1	1	4	Clear	Dry	Daylight
06/22/2023	ATLANTA	GA	0	0	1	2	Rain	Other/Unknown	Dusk

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

2 roadside violations across 2 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (7)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/15/2026	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	WOODBINE GA	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/17/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-90 WESTBOUND	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/25/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH-0030 IN TARRANT CO. (2-31)	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/16/2024	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	OOLTEWAH TN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/21/2023	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	95	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/27/2023	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SC72 RIDGEFIELD (POE)	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
07/12/2023	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	KNOWLTON (TOWN)	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections2

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	CLP9992306	$1,000,000	12/30/1982	01/01/1996	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	CA 5273015	$1,000,000	01/01/1997	10/01/2000	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE CO.	104 297 1784	$1,000,000	01/01/1996	01/01/1997	Replaced
34	CARGO	LUMBERMENS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	AT 623743	$0	01/01/1993	10/01/2000	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC146892	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	12/16/1980	-	-
MC146892	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	12/09/1983	TRANSFERRED	09/28/1984
MC146892	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	10/07/1980	SUPERSEDED	08/25/1981
MC146892	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	09/28/1992	-	-
MC146892	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/25/1981	-	-
MC146892	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	06/29/1981	SUPERSEDED	08/25/1981
MC146892	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	06/15/1984	-	-
MC146892	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/10/1980	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/10/1981
MC146892	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/08/1979	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/13/1980
MC146892	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/12/1981	-	-
MC146892	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/10/1981	-	-
MC146892	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REJECTED	02/09/1984	-	-
MC146892	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/04/1980	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/10/1980
MC146892	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	01/26/1989	-	-
MC146892	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	01/02/1981	-	-
MC146892	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED		SUPERSEDED	08/25/1981

No revocation records.

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98/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 98

Starts at 100−2 totalFinal 98

No email address on file−2

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 6/30/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-2

No email address on file

No public email address on record.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

R & L TRANSFER INC

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Company Overview

Cargo Transported

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (47)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (7)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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