Carrier profile · USDOT 733637 · MC-335094 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Tobias Farms Transportation Ltd

17 power unitsavg 7.3 yrMulti-region · 14 statesASHLAND, OH82/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-335094 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

17Power units

13 observed · MCS-150

18Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.3Avg age (yr)

2003–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(419) 281-1022 Email dispatchrtobias@frontier.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Sep 6, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Driver out-of-service rate above average8.0% vs the 6.7% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 29 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1998.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo10.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo10.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

17 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.3 yr

Model years 2003–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

28 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1998 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

25 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 10.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 8.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 75.4 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 3

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

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 17-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 17
Inspections · 24 mo: 25
Annualized: ≈13 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 3 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 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

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K 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

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 9 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Great West’98–’01

Auto Owners’02–’12

Progressive Preferred’18–’21

1998200520122019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 12 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · INCLINE CASUALTY COMPANY · since Jan 2026

All 12 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2025 → Jan 2026	$750K	2
TEXAS INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2024 → Jan 2025	$750K	1
THIRD COAST INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2023 → Apr 2024	$750K	3
REPUBLIC VANGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2022 → Apr 2023	$750K	1
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Apr 2021 → Apr 2022	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2018 → Apr 2021	$750K	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Feb 2016 → Feb 2018	$750K	4
AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2014 → Feb 2016	$750K	1
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Feb 2012 → Feb 2014	$750K	1
AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2002 → Feb 2012	$750K	3
HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2001 → Apr 2002	$750K	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Mar 1998 → Apr 2001	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 17
Observed power (24 mo): 13
Trailers (towed): 18

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.3 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2003

Oldest model yr

61.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 14 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

OH busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

ASHLAND, OH

1013 TOWNSHIP RD 984

Top corridor

OH 6 · PA 3 · GA 2

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

Last 12 months: 2 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3150981 USDOT 3409358Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (13 trucks · 15 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1874170 USDOT 2643881 USDOT 3458280 USDOT 3863705 USDOT 79183 USDOT 4238552 USDOT 3424660 USDOT 3150981

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@frontier.com — 3088 carriers: USDOT 1552 USDOT 2345 USDOT 2477 USDOT 9392 USDOT 10611 USDOT 13191 USDOT 38515 USDOT 38519

Shares a company officer with other carriers

james tobias — 2 carriers: USDOT 2528278

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

Location

Physical address: 1013 TOWNSHIP RD 984, ASHLAND, OH, 44805
Mailing address: 993 US HWY 250N, ASHLAND, OH, 44805
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (419) 281-1022
Fax: (419) 281-1021
Email: rtobias@frontier.com

Registration

Officers: Roger Tobias · James Tobias
USDOT / docket: 733637 · MC-335094
First registered: Mar 6, 1998
Last MCS-150: Mar 12, 2025 · 1,146,401 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Apr 25, 2025
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

1,146,401

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

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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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for TOBIAS FARMS TRANSPORTATION LTD.

TOBIAS FARMS TRANSPORTATION LTD (USDOT 733637) has a Vektor safety score of 82/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Sep 6, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from INCLINE CASUALTY COMPANY effective Jan 13, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 10.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 25 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 10 vehicle-level and 25 driver-level — across 14 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 6, 2026.

It reports 17 power units and 17 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 12, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Apr 25, 2025 in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is TOBIAS FARMS TRANSPORTATION LTD's USDOT number?

TOBIAS FARMS TRANSPORTATION LTD's USDOT number is 733637, and its motor carrier number is MC-335094.

Is TOBIAS FARMS TRANSPORTATION LTD authorized to operate?

As of Sep 6, 2026, TOBIAS FARMS TRANSPORTATION LTD is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is TOBIAS FARMS TRANSPORTATION LTD's safety record?

TOBIAS FARMS TRANSPORTATION LTD has a 10.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 38 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 82/100 (tier: review).

How big is TOBIAS FARMS TRANSPORTATION LTD's fleet?

TOBIAS FARMS TRANSPORTATION LTD operates 17 power units and 17 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is TOBIAS FARMS TRANSPORTATION LTD based?

TOBIAS FARMS TRANSPORTATION LTD is based in ASHLAND, OH, with roadside inspections recorded across 14 states.

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