Fleet typeIdentity
Owner-operator
1 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.
Carrier profile · USDOT 2279096
ROBERT SCOTT BUCHANAN
DBA LAKESHORE MANUFACTURING SERVICES LIMITED & AGNORA
1 power unitsTHORNBURY, ON
CARRIER INACTIVE
Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily
1Power units
Self-reported · MCS-150
—Trailers seen
None observed · 24 mo
—Avg age (yr)
Awaiting decode
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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · 2026-06-13
Limited record
Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.
Established 14 yearsUSDOT registration inactive
Watch · 3
USDOT registration inactiveThe USDOT record is flagged inactive — the carrier may not be authorized to operate.No inspection history despite active fleetAn established carrier reporting 1 power units has no roadside inspections — a common shell/paper-carrier signal.MCS-150 census data outdatedThe biennial MCS-150 update is 14.3 years old; fleet/mileage figures may be unreliable.
In good standing · 1
Operating authority1414 yr active
since 2012Insurance (BIPD)Unknown
FMCSA L&IVehicle OOS · 24mo—%
▼ 22.26% nat'lCrashes · fatal00
clean 24 moVektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots
Fleet age vs peersDecoding
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Awaiting VIN decode
Identity stabilityStable
14 yr unchanged
Same registration since 2012 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.
AI readFull read
Is ROBERT SCOTT BUCHANAN safe to work with?
Is ROBERT SCOTT BUCHANAN safe to load? ROBERT SCOTT BUCHANAN (USDOT 2279096) is an inactive owner-operator motor carrier based in THORNBURY, ON, operating 1 power unit and 1 driver. Operating authority has been active 14 years (past the 24-month broker-confidence threshold). FMCSA has not assigned a safety rating. Vektor rates it unrated (50/100), with the leading concern: usdot registration inactive. Source: FMCSA SAFER/MCMIS, last updated 2026-06-13.
FMCSA fields + Vektor analysis · updated 2026-06-13
RSROBERT SCOTT BUCHANAN 50
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Safety
Roadside inspections, BASICs & crash history
Out-of-service rate· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark
No roadside inspections on record.
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Authority & insurance
Can they legally + adequately haul your load?
Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses
No insurance filing history on record.
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Equipment & fleet
VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC
Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed
- Registered power units (MCS-150)
- 1
- Observed power (24 mo)
- —
- Trailers (towed)
- —
Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.
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Operations & lanes
Revealed by inspection density · 24 mo
Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo
Home base
THORNBURY, ON
Density
fewermore
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Network & fraud
Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict
Shares a registration email domain with other carriers
@yahoo.ca — 789 carriers: USDOT 16745USDOT 80552USDOT 266070USDOT 284142USDOT 347515USDOT 374104USDOT 418381USDOT 452249
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Identity & contact
FMCSA census + L&I dossier
Location
- Physical address
- 165 LAKESHORE ROAD, THORNBURY, ON, N0H 2P0
- Mailing address
- PO BOX 3, THORNBURY, ON, N0H 2P0
- Operation
- Interstate
Contact
- Phone
- (519) 599-7555
- Cell
- (705) 443-2823
- Fax
- (519) 599-2810
- rsbuchanan5@yahoo.ca
- Web domain
- yahoo.ca
Registration
- Officer
- R. Scott Buchanan
- USDOT / docket
- 2279096
- First registered
- 03/01/2012
- Last MCS-150
- 03/31/2012 · 25,000 mi (2011)
- FMCSA safety rating
- Not rated
- D-U-N-S
- —
Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)
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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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Reviews
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Frequently asked
What is ROBERT SCOTT BUCHANAN's USDOT number?
ROBERT SCOTT BUCHANAN's USDOT number is 2279096.
Is ROBERT SCOTT BUCHANAN authorized to operate?
As of 2026-06-13, ROBERT SCOTT BUCHANAN is inactive in the FMCSA register.
How big is ROBERT SCOTT BUCHANAN's fleet?
ROBERT SCOTT BUCHANAN operates 1 power unit and 1 driver per its most recent MCS-150 filing.
Where is ROBERT SCOTT BUCHANAN based?
ROBERT SCOTT BUCHANAN is based in THORNBURY, ON.