RTJ LOGISTICS LLC

DOT# 4348707 MC# 1700057 Dawson, GA Authorized For-Hire
(229) 881-1886 RTJLOGO@GMAIL.COM 341 Walnut St Se Se, Dawson GA 39842
4 power units · all leased 6 drivers
HazMat
Marginal
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Low confidence
1 yr history · 21 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
4
Drivers · CDL
6 · 3
Annual miles
0 unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 4 0 4
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 1 0 0 1

Registration

Registered
01-20-2025 (1 yr)
MCS-150 Update
01-21-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
SHAREKA MCDANIEL

Cargo

72.2
high risk
Motor Vehicles General Freight Other: CARGO TRAILERS
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, General Freight

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu6_9) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage is missing or zero despite observed safety activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 6–9 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 1.57×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.57× similar fleets) is in the Poor range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Poor line (1.57×), so the grade stays Marginal.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.4 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.4
Similar fleets
0.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
About 1.6× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 1 injury crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 3.13×, out-of-service orders 2.73× and violations 2.73× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +33%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Drivers put out of service
    19 out-of-service violations against drivers: 10 no valid CDL, 9 hours of service (Sep 2025 – Sep 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 22 of 102 violations (22%). Light or brake defects led to 15 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    64.3% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (9 of 14). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 2.73× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
  • Driver out-of-service rate
    66.7% of driver inspections end out of service vs 6.7% nationally (14 of 21). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 2.73× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
  • Falsified logs
    4 false-log violations in 24 months.
    Ask: how hours are audited against ELD and fuel records.
Strengths
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2025 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
21
0% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
64.3%
9 of 14
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
66.7%
14 of 21
National avg 6.7%
Violations
102
48 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in Georgia (about 5 in 24 months would be typical; 35% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 4 inspections, 4 out of service 4 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 5 inspections, 2 out of service 5 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 4 inspections, 3 out of service 4 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 7 inspections, 6 out of service 7 Q3 '26
vs 4,754 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.139 0.039
Inspections 2.92 1.38
Violations 14.17 1.31
Critical violations 2.92 0.27

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, Small (advisory) power units, high-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

102 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    68 · 29 OOS
    Lights 22 · Brakes 15 · Tires 8 · Wheels & hubs 6 · Cargo securement 4 · 13 more
  • Hours of service No alert
    16 · 9 OOS
    No log 8 · False log 4 · Logbook / ELD paperwork 4
  • Driver fitness No alert
    11 · 10 OOS
    No valid CDL 10 · Other qualification 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    7 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 3 · Speeding 3 · Seat belt 1
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Jul
    18
    2026
    Virginia
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Wet road, daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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$1,000,000 · PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI
on record since Feb 12, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Aug 2025
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 2 took effect (the last Feb 12, 2026, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
  • First liability filing on FMCSA's record: Aug 2025
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jan 8, 2026)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Georgia (HQ) 4
  • Pennsylvania 3
  • Arkansas 2
  • Kentucky 2
  • Massachusetts 2
  • New Hampshire 2
  • New York 2
  • Alabama 1

19% of inspections were in its home state.