Carrier profile · USDOT 2482376 · MC-859134 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TJS Automotive Services Inc

DBA DAVES HEAVY TOWING

40 power unitsavg 5.7 yrRegional · 6 statesHILLSBOROUGH, NJ94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-859134 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksdavesheavytowing.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 10.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 19 vehicle and 32 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 30.9 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

32 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 6

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 40-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
40
Inspections · 24 mo
32
Annualized
≈16 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

15%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
87%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.8 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Oct 11, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 13 total · 0 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20234004
20213033
20192012
20171011
20162002
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 28, 2023NJ00Yes
Nov 27, 2023NJ00Yes
Sep 29, 2023NJ00Yes
May 20, 2023NJ00Yes
Oct 15, 2021NJ02Yes
Oct 11, 2021NJ01Yes
Jun 19, 2021NJ01Yes
Sep 21, 2019NJ01Yes
Jun 27, 2019NY00Yes
Oct 30, 2017NJ01Yes
Sep 17, 2016NJ00Yes
Aug 3, 2016NJ00Yes
Nov 25, 2015NJ00Yes