INDEPENDENT TRANSFER SERVICES INC

DOT# 796145 MC# 354619 Newton, KS Authorized For-Hire
(316) 283-6679 independent@southwind.net 929 Spruce Street, Newton KS 67114-1653
7 tractors · all leased 18 drivers 700k mi/yr · ~100k per unit
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
27 yrs history · 14 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
7
Drivers · CDL
18 · 8
Annual miles
700k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 0 7 0 7
Trailers 12 3 0 15

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
02-19-1999 (27 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
02-13-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
RON SYBESMA

Cargo

64.5
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Intermodal Containers Oilfield Equipment General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Beverages Other: MOWERS-RAILROAD MATERIALS Grain/Feed/Hay Dry Bulk Paper Products Utility Farm Supplies Construction Water Well Coal/Coke
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, Machinery Large, Oilfield Equipment, General Freight

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

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.

Not enough record to grade yet.

14 inspections and 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one. It leans better than similar fleets (about a 60% chance), but not by enough to grade.

Similar fleets: for-hire 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 1.7× as often as the median active fleet of 6–9 trucks.

80% likely range 0.35×–1.71×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.4 vs 0.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.4
Similar fleets
0.4

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-7 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 (7 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 1 injury crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.4 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.58× the rate expected for its inspections, but out-of-service orders 0.74× and violations 0.77×. Together they barely move its crash estimate: roadside results weigh far less than crash history. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
14
29% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
22.2%
2 of 9
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 14
National avg 6.7%
Violations
15
2 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 6 inspections, 1 out of service 6 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: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 70,135 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.071 0.039
Inspections 1.86 1.41
Violations 1.07 1.44
Critical violations 0.36 0.26

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

What they get cited for

15 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    7 · 2 OOS
    Lights 3 · Cargo securement 1 · Tires 1 · Other parts 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    6 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 3 · Reckless / lane 2 · Seat belt 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    False log 1 · Logbook / ELD paperwork 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
  • Jan
    13
    2025
    Missouri
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Northland Insurance Company
on record since Aug 18, 2023 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jul 1998
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
Broker or forwarder bond
required · none on file
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Apr 14, 2014)

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
  • Arkansas 2
  • Kansas (HQ) 2
  • Oklahoma 2
  • Indiana 1
  • Louisiana 1
  • Maryland 1
  • Minnesota 1
  • Missouri 1