THAD JONES

DOT# 879295 MC# 488324 Ainsworth, NE Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire
(402) 760-1964 tjtdispatchinc@gmail.com 87785 432nd Ave, Ainsworth NE 69210
8 tractors · all owned 3 drivers 274k mi/yr · ~34k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Low confidence
26 yrs history · 7 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
8
Drivers · CDL
3 · 3
Annual miles
274k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 8 0 0 8
Trailers 16 0 0 16

Registration

Registered
05-10-2000 (26 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
06-10-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
THAD JONES

Cargo

63.6
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Livestock General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Grain/Feed/Hay Dry Bulk Farm Supplies Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, Livestock, 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.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.76× similar fleets) would put it in Strong; this rule holds it at Satisfactory:

  • Strong withheld: the posterior is not confident enough that risk sits below 0.76× class

The downside is never capped.

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.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate 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.

This motor carrier 0.76×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Out-of-service orders 0.50×, violations 0.73× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.79× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -10%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

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.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.

Track record

FMCSA record, Nov 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
7
71% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 3
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 7
National avg 6.7%
Violations
5
0 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 6–9 trucks in Nebraska (about 8 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 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 57,530 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.043
Inspections 0.75 1.57
Violations 0.31 1.56
Critical violations 0.06 0.29

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

What they get cited for

5 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    4 · 0 OOS
    Lights 3 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Phone use 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • 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

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)
$750,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.
on record since Sep 11, 2018 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since May 2004
Cargo filing
on file · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. since Jan 3, 2006
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 Jun 10, 2004)

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
  • Nebraska (HQ) 5
  • Colorado 1
  • Texas 1