RICKS BACKHOE SERVICE INC

Vetting summary

At a glance

• ✓Out-of-service rate6.3% vs 19.1% national avg
• –Crashes (24 months)4 reported — involvement does not imply fault
• –Linked registrations1 share this carrier's phone or address

These signals summarize the records shown below — they are a starting point for your own checks, not a judgment of the carrier.

Registration

Carrier identity

Status

Authority & safety

Safety ratings: S = Satisfactory, C = Conditional, U = Unsatisfactory. A carrier with no rating has not been through a full FMCSA compliance review — this is common and not itself a red flag.

Our scoring

Safety scores

Scores are 0-100 rankings computed by us from public FMCSA inspection measures; higher = worse relative to peers. Not official CSA/BASIC percentiles. How these scores are computed.

Safety events

Inspections & crashes (last 24 months)

• 2026-02-21 — PA — towaway
• 2025-07-06 — PA — towaway
• 2024-12-03 — PA — towaway
• 2024-10-14 — PA — 2 injured
• 2024-07-17 — PA — towaway

Most frequent violation categories: 12 (12), 20 (3), 51 (3).

Crash involvement does not imply fault. FMCSA crash records list all reportable crashes involving a carrier, regardless of who caused them.

Signals

Linked registrations

1 other active carrier registration share this carrier's phone or address in FMCSA records.

USDOT 1898366

Shared contact details can have many ordinary explanations, such as a shared dispatch service, registration agent, or office address.

Equipment

Fleet & operations

RICKS BACKHOE SERVICE INC operates 45 power units — a larger fleet than 99% of carriers registered in PA.