TOMLIN EXCAVATING COMPANY INC

DOT# 655466 MC# 307330 Tarrant, AL Authorized For-Hire
(205) 841-1148 tomlinoffice@hiwaay.net 625 Springdale Road, Tarrant AL 35217
7 power units · all owned 7 drivers
Intrastate Only
Marginal
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Low confidence
30 yrs history · 5 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
7
Drivers · CDL
7 · 7
Annual miles
20 unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 6 0 0 6
Tractors 1 0 0 1
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
08-20-1996 (30 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
02-10-2022 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
KAY D TOMLIN
Officer
CHASE TOMLIN

Cargo

63.8
medium risk
Machinery/Large Objects Building Materials Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large

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 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).

Intrastate Only

Intrastate-only carrier — not required to file MCS-150. May be inspected less frequently than interstate carriers. Safety rates may have lower statistical confidence.

No Interstate Operating Authority

This carrier is not authorized for interstate for-hire operations. They may still operate legally as an intrastate for-hire carrier.

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: private 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.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.4× as often as the median active fleet of 6–9 trucks.

This motor carrier 1.97×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.97× 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
0.2 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.1
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About 2.0× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.1 a year. The grade counts 2 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Violations 1.43× and out-of-service orders 1.25× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +6%.

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.

  • Driver qualification
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 1 no valid CDL, 1 medical certificate (Apr 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
Data flags
  • No active operating authority
    The motor carrier's interstate for-hire authority is revoked or inactive, so it isn't currently cleared to haul interstate for hire.
  • Dangerous driving: 1
  • 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, Apr 2025 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
5
40% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 1
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
20.0%
1 of 5
National avg 6.7%
Violations
9
2 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '26
vs 70,135 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.071 0.039
Inspections 0.57 1.41
Violations 0.64 1.44
Critical violations 0.14 0.26

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

What they get cited for

9 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    4 · 0 OOS
    Lights 3 · Cargo securement 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    3 · 2 OOS
    No valid CDL 2 · Medical certificate 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 1 · Other 1
  • Hours of service 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

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)
No liability filing on FMCSA's record through May 14, 2026.
Last filing: SENTRY INSURANCE COMPANY, ended Dec 8, 2022 (cancellation notice took effect).
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record

Operating authority inactive (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jun 18, 2012)

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
  • Alabama (HQ) 5