Carrier profile · USDOT 1326635 · MC-1550101 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Bob's Discount Furniture LLC

225 power unitsavg 4.1 yrNational · 18 statesMANCHESTER, CT88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1550101 ACTIVE
Verified linksmybobs.comFMCSA SAFER

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 102 vehicle and 159 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

4.3% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 1.6 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

153 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 13

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 225-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
225
Inspections · 24 mo
160
Annualized
≈80 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

26%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
10%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving34 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 109 total · 8 in 24 mo

109
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
38
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20253113
20245024
2023100310
2022110211
2021110411
20209249
20198008
20185114
20178058
20167047
20153013
20143003
20133023
20121011
20113013
20093031
20087037
20073003
20063012
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 30, 2026CT00Yes
Jan 14, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 20, 2025VA10Yes
Sep 4, 2025PA02Yes
Jan 14, 2025MA00Yes
Nov 23, 2024VA00Yes
Nov 20, 2024MD00Yes
Oct 10, 2024CA00Yes
May 15, 2024CT01Yes
Jan 24, 2024NY02No
Oct 28, 2023MI00Yes
Oct 6, 2023OK01Yes
Aug 22, 2023PA00Yes
Apr 1, 2023IN00Yes
Feb 28, 2023CA00Yes
Feb 17, 2023MI00Yes
Feb 3, 2023PA00Yes
Feb 2, 2023NY01Yes
Jan 25, 2023NY00Yes
Jan 16, 2023NY03Yes
Nov 16, 2022CA00Yes
Nov 9, 2022CA03Yes
Aug 30, 2022PA00Yes
Jul 27, 2022CA00Yes
Jun 3, 2022IL00Yes