Carrier profile · USDOT 72657 · MC-178051 · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

John E Jones Oil Co Inc

27 power unitsavg 9 yrRegional · 5 statesSTOCKTON, KS88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-178051 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

27Power units

23 observed · MCS-150

25Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.0Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(785) 425-6746 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 99 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$4M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo4.9%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

27 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

1 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

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7 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Aug 12, 2026.

Safety

65 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 1, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 4.9%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 — 61 vehicle and 65 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.5% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 2.9 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

62 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '26 · 7

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 27-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 27
Inspections · 24 mo: 65
Annualized: ≈33 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$4,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$4M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $4M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$5M BIPD last filed ’25 · 9 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Federated’85–’12

Fidelity New’85–’03

Empire Fire’04–’09

United States’14–’18

At Lloyds’20–’25

1985199620072018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 15 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $4,000,000 · SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO · since Sep 2025

All 15 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	Sep 2020 → Sep 2025	$5M	1
PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2018 → Sep 2020	$5M	4
CRUM & FORSTER INDEMNITY COMPANY	Sep 2015 → Sep 2018	$5M	1
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2014 → Sep 2018	$5M	2
GENERAL STAR INDEMNITY COMPANY	Sep 2013 → Sep 2014	$5M	1
CRUM & FORSTER INDEMNITY COMPANY	Sep 2013 → Sep 2015	$5M	1
GENERAL STAR INDEMNITY COMPANY	Sep 2012 → Oct 2014	$5M	2
CRUM & FORSTER INDEMNITY COMPANY	Sep 2012 → Sep 2013	$5M	1
AMERICAN GUARANTEE & LIABILITY INS. CO.	Sep 2011 → Sep 2012	$5M	1
GENERAL STAR INDEMNITY COMPANY	Sep 2011 → Sep 2012	$5M	1
AMERICAN GUARANTEE & LIABILITY INS. CO.	Sep 2009 → Sep 2011	$5M	3
EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2004 → Oct 2009	$5M	9
EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2003 → Sep 2003	$5M	2
FIDELITY & CASUALTY CO. OF NEW YORK	Apr 1985 → Sep 2003	$5M	1
FEDERATED MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Apr 1985 → Nov 2012	$5M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 3, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 27
Observed power (24 mo): 23
Trailers (towed): 25

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.0 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

81.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 5 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

KS busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Kansas: 52 inspections
Colorado: 6 inspections
Missouri: 5 inspections
Texas: 1 inspections
Oklahoma: 1 inspections

Home base

STOCKTON, KS

1016 S CEDAR

Most inspections: KS

52 inspections

KS 52 · CO 6 · MO 5

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 2, 2026

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

Show all-time history (7 trucks · 9 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 589613 USDOT 2505101 USDOT 496061 USDOT 545138 USDOT 80806 USDOT 77890 USDOT 3107385 USDOT 2887637

Shares a company officer with other carriers

patrick lingg — 2 carriers: USDOT 1488226

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 2, 2026

Location

Physical address: 1016 S CEDAR, STOCKTON, KS, 67669
Mailing address: PO BOX 546, STOCKTON, KS, 67669
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (785) 425-6746
Fax: (785) 428-6323
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: jonesoil.net

Registration

Officer: Patrick Lingg
USDOT / docket: 72657 · MC-178051
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: May 8, 2026 · 2,220,544 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Apr 18, 2024
D-U-N-S: 7187362

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,220,544

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 2, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

3 of 61 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

50violation records

4OOS-tagged records

3 of 61inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Unsafe driving

147%1 / 14

Other vehicle maintenance

138%1 / 13

Brakes

922%2 / 9

Hours of service

60%0 / 6

Lights

40%0 / 4

Other / unclassified

40%0 / 4

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

30%

15%

30%

0%Nov 24 to May 250 / 10

6%May 25 to Nov 251 / 17

6%Nov 25 to May 261 / 16

6%May 26 to Nov 261 / 18

Top 3 codes (9 of 50 records)

390.21TB1-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle3
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)3

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395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction3
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection3
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.45C-BSG Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)2
395.24 ELD — record edits / data2
107.620B-HMAMC Other violation1
172.602A-HMER Other violation1
177.801-HMHCNP Other violation1
178.345-8A5-HMP Other violation1
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt1
392.16AD Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWG1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.9A2-C Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
393.11A1-CSURR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.11A1-LCHL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.205C-WRAWFLMIB Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.45D-BAAL Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.60C Windshield / glazing1
393.60D Windshield / glazing1
393.95A4-EENA Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps1
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer1
396.3A1-F Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Unsafe driving

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Brakes

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for JOHN E JONES OIL CO INC.

JOHN E JONES OIL CO INC (USDOT 72657) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Oct 27, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 2, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $4,000,000 limit in force from SUTTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE CO effective Sep 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Oct 27, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 4.9% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier received 65 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 61 vehicle-level and 65 driver-level — across 5 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It reports 27 power units and 20 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 8, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 2, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Apr 18, 2024 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 2, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is JOHN E JONES OIL CO INC's USDOT number?

JOHN E JONES OIL CO INC's USDOT number is 72657, and its motor carrier number is MC-178051.

Is JOHN E JONES OIL CO INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 2, 2026. JOHN E JONES OIL CO INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is JOHN E JONES OIL CO INC's safety record?

JOHN E JONES OIL CO INC has a 4.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 99 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).