RON BOWERS INC
(541) 747-4852
ron@ronbowers.com
85375 Hwy 99 South, Eugene OR 97405
14
tractors · all owned
11 drivers
820k mi/yr · ~59k per unit
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Marginal
Provisional: the filed fleet isn't backed up by the roadside record (only 2 of the 14 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months), so the grade can't lean on this motor carrier's own history until the fleet size is confirmed.
FRED Score 30.6 / 100
Prior-only confidence
44 yrs history · 2 roadside inspections
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Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 14
- Drivers · CDL
- 11 · 11
- Annual miles
- 820k
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tractors | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Trailers | 61 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
Registration
- Organization
- CORPORATION
- FMCSA Rating
- Satisfactory (05-22-2001) · 25 yr old
- Registered
- 12-06-1982 (44 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 09-10-2024 (Address Change)
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 08, 2026
- Officer
- RON BOWERS
Cargo
Cargo risk score
FRED’s estimate from the commodities it hauls
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General Freight
Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber
Building Materials
Other: WOOD PROD
Paper Products
Construction
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- Expected crashes over the next 12 months, against similar fleets
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Track record
FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Feb 2026
Crashes
3
0 fatalities · 2 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
2
50% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
50.0%
1 of 2
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 2
Violations
1
1 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter
With an out-of-service order
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
How it compares with similar fleets
Crashes, inspections and violations per truck and per mile, against fleets like this one
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What they get cited for
1 violation · 24 months-
Vehicle maintenance No alert1 · 1 OOSTires 1
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Unsafe driving No alert0
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Hours of service No alert0
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Driver fitness No alert0
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Drugs & alcohol No alert0
Out-of-service violations
“No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold
Violations by quarter
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Crashes
24 months-
Jul212025OregonProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Oct302024OregonProperty damage onlyWet road, daylight, rain, two-way trafficway not divided.
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Oct72024OregonInjury · 2 people hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
1 of the 3 crashes hurt someone but killed no one.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA sinceToday · live FMCSA check
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- Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
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$1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.on record since Feb 1, 2017 · FMCSA minimum $750,000
- 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
- No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority events and every filing
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Inspections by state
- Oregon (HQ) 2
How this grade is calculated, and its history
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FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA BASIC Scores
AB PropertyTotal Inspections
2
Driver Insp
2
Driver OOS
0
Vehicle Insp
2
Vehicle OOS
1
| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Alert |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe Driving | 0 | 0.00 | |
| HOS Compliance | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Driver Fitness | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 1 | 6.66 |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (11-FEB-26 – 27-SEP-24) and may cover a different time window than the scoring window used for the FRED grade (Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026). Counts here may differ from the grade's in-window counts.