RAY BURNS & SONS TRUCKING INC

DOT# 297768 DUNS# 173103441 Canton, NY Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire
(315) 386-4101 rbst@nnymail.com 71 Finnegan Road, Canton NY 13617
38 tractors · all owned 38 drivers 1.4M mi/yr · ~37k per unit
Excellent
FRED Score 90.8 / 100
Moderate confidence
39 yrs history · 77 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
38
Drivers · CDL
38 · 35
Annual miles
1.4M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 38 0 0 38
Trailers 41 0 0 41

Registration

Organization
INDIVIDUAL
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (04-23-1991) · 35 yr old
Registered
07-29-1987 (39 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
12-29-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
RONALD BURNS

Cargo

58.8
medium risk
Meat Refrigerated Food Other: MILK PRODUCTS
High-Risk Cargo
Refrigerated Food, Meat

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

Expected crash rate is about 45% lower than similar fleets.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 20–49 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 0.55×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.7 vs 1.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.7
Similar fleets
1.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 1.3 a year. The grade counts 2 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much better than peers. Out-of-service orders 0.18×, violations 0.19× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.31× 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.

  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 13 of 21 violations (62%). Brake or light defects led to 1 out-of-service order.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 1.8% vs 22.3% national; driver 1.3% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
77
78% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
1.8%
1 of 57
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
1.3%
1 of 77
National avg 6.7%
Violations
21
2 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in New York (about 38 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 10 inspections, 0 out of service 10 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 12 inspections, 2 out of service 12 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 9 inspections, 0 out of service 9 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 8 inspections, 0 out of service 8 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 12 inspections, 0 out of service 12 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 15 inspections, 0 out of service 15 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 10,543 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.013 0.029
Inspections 1.45 1.12
Violations 0.28 0.78
Critical violations 0.00 0.15

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

21 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    18 · 1 OOS
    Brakes 13 · Lights 4 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 2
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No log 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • 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
  • May
    31
    2025
    New York
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.

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
  • New York (HQ) 77

Mostly inspected in its home state (100%).