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Rudd Equipment Company Inc — compliance record

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Vetting summary

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Inspections

98 on file

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Out-of-service

Within normal range vs national averages

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Email identity

Company domain, matches website

Federal identity

Registration snapshot

Legal name

Rudd Equipment Company Inc

DBA

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Entity type

Carrier

Physical address

4344 Poplar Level Rd, Louisville, KY 40213-1815

Phone

(502) 456-0211

Power units

203

Drivers

133

First on record

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Last MCS-150 filing

—

Hazmat flag

No

Operating authority

Dockets & filings

No L&I dockets on file for this DOT number.

Out-of-service rates

Driver OOS

5.1%

National average ≈ 5.9% · 98 inspections on record

Vehicle OOS

3.1%

National average ≈ 20.9% · 98 inspections on record

Email & web forensics

✓

On-file email

tmcqueen@ruddequipment.com — company domain

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Mail host

Microsoft 365

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Domain match

Email domain matches the company website

From the FMCSA on-file contact, public domain registration (RDAP), and live DNS.

Crash record — last 24 months

3

Reportable crashes

3

Tow-aways

1

With injuries

0

With fatalities

Most recent: MO 10/2025 · IL 08/2025 · OH 05/2025 — from the federal crash file; recordable crashes regardless of fault.

Safety record

Inspection history

2026: 162025: 342024: 402023: 8
Level I — Full: 39Level II — Walk-around: 37Level III — Driver-only: 22
DateStateLevel
Jun 30, 2026WVLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 9, 2026KYLevel III — Driver-only
Jun 4, 2026KYLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 1, 2026INLevel II — Walk-around
May 22, 2026KYLevel III — Driver-only
May 20, 2026KYLevel I — Full
May 19, 2026PALevel I — Full
Apr 14, 2026WVLevel II — Walk-around
Apr 9, 2026KYLevel I — Full
Mar 11, 2026IALevel III — Driver-only
Mar 6, 2026MILevel I — Full
Mar 3, 2026KYLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 10, 2026OHLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 4, 2026MOLevel II — Walk-around
Jan 9, 2026KYLevel I — Full
Jan 9, 2026MOLevel II — Walk-around
Dec 19, 2025PALevel I — Full
Dec 18, 2025KYLevel I — Full
Dec 11, 2025PALevel III — Driver-only
Dec 3, 2025PALevel I — Full
Dec 1, 2025INLevel I — Full
Nov 21, 2025PALevel I — Full
Oct 28, 2025KYLevel I — Full
Oct 28, 2025PALevel I — Full
Oct 10, 2025KYLevel III — Driver-only
Oct 2, 2025INLevel III — Driver-only
Sep 22, 2025KYLevel II — Walk-around
Sep 5, 2025WVLevel II — Walk-around
Aug 27, 2025PALevel I — Full
Aug 18, 2025KYLevel I — Full
Jul 30, 2025KYLevel I — Full
Jul 29, 2025WVLevel II — Walk-around
Jul 22, 2025PALevel I — Full
Jul 21, 2025OHLevel III — Driver-only
Jul 21, 2025KYLevel III — Driver-only
Jul 1, 2025KYLevel II — Walk-around
Jun 27, 2025KYLevel I — Full
May 13, 2025KYLevel III — Driver-only
May 5, 2025KYLevel I — Full
Apr 30, 2025KYLevel I — Full
Apr 24, 2025KYLevel I — Full
Apr 10, 2025KYLevel III — Driver-only
Apr 10, 2025KYLevel I — Full
Apr 1, 2025KYLevel III — Driver-only
Mar 13, 2025KYLevel I — Full
Feb 28, 2025KYLevel III — Driver-only
Feb 18, 2025KYLevel I — Full
Feb 5, 2025KYLevel I — Full
Feb 5, 2025INLevel I — Full
Jan 14, 2025KYLevel II — Walk-around
Dec 30, 2024INLevel I — Full
Dec 17, 2024KYLevel III — Driver-only
Dec 12, 2024TNLevel I — Full
Dec 11, 2024WVLevel III — Driver-only
Dec 11, 2024KYLevel II — Walk-around
Dec 10, 2024KYLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 26, 2024KYLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 25, 2024WVLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 22, 2024KYLevel I — Full
Nov 20, 2024PALevel I — Full
Nov 15, 2024KYLevel I — Full
Nov 15, 2024KYLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 13, 2024WVLevel III — Driver-only
Nov 7, 2024KYLevel II — Walk-around
Nov 4, 2024KYLevel II — Walk-around
Oct 25, 2024KYLevel II — Walk-around
Oct 11, 2024KYLevel II — Walk-around
Sep 30, 2024WVLevel III — Driver-only
Sep 12, 2024WVLevel II — Walk-around
Sep 5, 2024INLevel III — Driver-only
Aug 27, 2024PALevel I — Full
Aug 27, 2024WVLevel II — Walk-around
Aug 15, 2024WVLevel II — Walk-around
Aug 14, 2024KYLevel I — Full
Aug 14, 2024PALevel II — Walk-around
Jul 31, 2024ILLevel II — Walk-around
Jul 30, 2024TNLevel II — Walk-around
Jul 15, 2024KYLevel II — Walk-around
Jul 9, 2024MOLevel III — Driver-only
Jun 12, 2024WVLevel II — Walk-around
May 31, 2024USLevel I — Full
Apr 10, 2024WVLevel III — Driver-only
Mar 22, 2024WVLevel I — Full
Mar 6, 2024KYLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 26, 2024OHLevel II — Walk-around
Feb 19, 2024MOLevel I — Full
Jan 30, 2024KYLevel I — Full
Jan 29, 2024KYLevel II — Walk-around
Jan 24, 2024KYLevel III — Driver-only
Jan 24, 2024KYLevel II — Walk-around
Dec 11, 2023KYLevel II — Walk-around
Oct 26, 2023ILLevel III — Driver-only
Oct 19, 2023WVLevel III — Driver-only
Sep 11, 2023INLevel II — Walk-around
Sep 6, 2023KYLevel I — Full
Aug 31, 2023WVLevel I — Full
Aug 11, 2023KYLevel I — Full
Jul 27, 2023KYLevel II — Walk-around

Most recent 98 of 98 inspections on file.

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Record changes

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