ROAD DOG TRUCKING
Legal: ROAD DOG TRUCKING LLC
Risk factors
High riskVioCodes scoreA weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
CSA performance breakdown
FMCSA · August 28, 20260 inspections · 0 violations (0 OOS) · —% of inspections had an OOS finding.
Latest FMCSA SMS snapshot. Codes link to the lookup — severity weighting, contest angles, and the DataQs Drafter for each. Click a BASIC to filter the codes.
90-day safety improvement plan
What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.
Inspection & crash map
live · FMCSA MCMISEvery inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).
CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.
Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · 100+ mi3 drivers
- Company officer
- DAVID ELLIS
- Operation
- Interstate · Hazmat
- Registered since
- 2012-10-30
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2021-02-03
- Census status
- I
Fleet: 3 trucks · 3 leased/term tractors.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares addresses, officers or emails with 33 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.
Activity history
15 events- 04/09/2021Insurance cancelled — PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA1763189
- 02/03/2021MCS-150 update filed
0.3M mi reported (2020)
- 02/25/2020MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (04/19/2021)
- 07/26/2017Insurance cancelled — ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 5855861
- 02/28/2017Insurance name changed — ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 5815282
- 01/25/2017MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — REINSTATED
REVOKED (08/01/2017)
- 01/23/2017Insurance replaced — ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 5815282
- 12/13/2014Insurance cancelled — SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC
BIPD/Primary · policy CAC 00001-01773-13
- 11/13/2014Insurance cancelled — SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC
BIPD/Primary · policy CAC 00001-01773-13
- 10/17/2014COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (11/12/2014)
- 11/20/2013Insurance cancelled — CASTLEPOINT NATIONAL INSURANCE CO
BIPD/Primary · policy BAPBZ0537312
- 11/13/2013Insurance replaced — CASTLEPOINT NATIONAL INSURANCE CO
BIPD/Primary · policy BAPBZ0537312
- 10/24/2013COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (11/15/2013)
- 11/27/2012MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
REVOKED (12/22/2014)
- 10/30/2012Registered with FMCSA
AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Not rated
- Type
- —
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- —
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2021-02-03
- Reported mileage
- 252,324 mi (2020)
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