ELLIS & MOSHER INC

DBA: RAY'S AUTO SERVICE

DOT# 498187 MC# 600202 Newport, VT Authorized For-Hire
(802) 334-7832 steve@raystowingvt.biz 82 Airport Road, Newport VT 05855
10 power units · all owned 11 drivers
HazMat
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
34 yrs history · 2 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
10
Drivers · CDL
11 · 0
Annual miles
70k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 9 0 0 9
Tractors 1 0 0 1
Trailers 1 0 0 1

Registration

Registered
09-16-1992 (34 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-13-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
STEPHEN ELLIS
Officer
DALE MOSHER

Cargo

76.2
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Machinery/Large Objects
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, Machinery Large

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

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes on this page assume the filed fleet of 10 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 2 units seen in 24 months, 0.10 inspections per filed unit-year. Verify the fleet size before relying on the crash expectation.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed 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).

Not enough record to grade yet.

2 inspections and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

80% likely range 0.05×–1.78×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.1 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
Most likely none
This motor carrier
0.1
Similar fleets
0.1

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-8 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

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Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (10 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.1 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.39× and out-of-service orders 0.61× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -12%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 2 of the 10 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (2 inspections in all). The crash expectation assumes all 10 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule (the MCS-150 was last updated May 2025).
Data flags
  • 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.
  • Limited inspection history
    Fewer than 5 roadside inspections on record, so there isn't enough data to score this motor carrier with high confidence — the score leans more on peers.

Track record

FMCSA record, Aug 2025 – May 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
2
100% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 2
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 2
National avg 6.7%
Violations
0
0 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks in Vermont (about 12 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26
vs 1,189 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.028
Inspections 0.10 0.79
Violations 0.00 0.56
Critical violations 0.00 0.12

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 10–19 power units, high-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

0 violations · 24 months

No violations on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$1,000,000 · UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
on record since Jun 30, 2017 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since May 2007
Cargo filing
on file · FRANKENMUTH MUTUAL INSURANCE CO since Jun 6, 2009
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Nov 13, 2015)

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
  • New Hampshire 1
  • Vermont (HQ) 1