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TJS AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES INC.

DBA: DAVES HEAVY TOWING

DOT# 2482376 MC# 859134CARRIER
ACTIVE

Trust Score

93 / 100
A Excellent

Components

Compliance · 40% 100
Safety · 35% 92
Insurance · 25% 85
Driver OOS rate is 1.6× the national average No active cargo insurance on file
Confidence: high · based on FMCSA safety, insurance & authority data How is this calculated?

Overview

Contact

Phone: (908) 526-3999

Fax: (908) 526-7618

Cell: (908) 420-7738

Email: safety@davesheavytowing.com

Company Officers

JOHN SKIADAS

Business Info

HazMat: HazMat Carrier

Fleet

40

Power Units

27

Drivers

Equipment Breakdown

Owned Trucks20
Owned Tractors20

Authority

Status: ACTIVE

FMCSA add date: Mar 7, 2014

Common authority: Mar 28, 2014

Authority History (9)

Authority TypeActionDate
COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATIONFeb 13, 2026 → Mar 12, 2026
COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATIONFeb 13, 2025 → Mar 12, 2025
COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATIONFeb 14, 2024 → Mar 11, 2024
COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATIONFeb 13, 2023 → Mar 9, 2023
COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATIONFeb 14, 2022 → Mar 10, 2022
COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATIONFeb 16, 2021 → Mar 12, 2021
COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATIONSep 17, 2015 → Oct 7, 2015
MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIERGRANTEDApr 11, 2014
MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIERGRANTEDMar 28, 2014

Cargo Types

Motor VehiclesDrive-Away/Tow-AwayMachinery/Large Objects

Active Certifications

Property

MCS-150

Last updated: May 19, 2025

Mileage: 980,693 (2024)

Operation Classification

AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier Operation

Interstate

Related Companies

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DAVE'S HEAVY TOWING, INC.285678152227HILLSBOROUGH, NJ ACTIVE
Phone
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Officer

Safety

Out-of-Service Rates

Driver32 inspections
9.4%
6.0%
Carrier National avg
Vehicle19 inspections
10.5%
22.6%
Carrier National avg
Hazmat1 inspections
100.0%
2.3%
Carrier National avg
Overall32 inspections
12.5%
Carrier

Crash Summary

0

Fatal

0

Injury

0

Towaway

0

Total

BASIC Violations

Unsafe Driving11
Driver Fitness5
Hours of Service1
Drug / Alcohol0
Vehicle Maintenance11

Safety Measurement System (SMS)

FMCSA's official per-BASIC roadside-performance measures over the trailing 24 months, computed from the 33 inspections below. A measure of 0 means no recorded violations in that BASIC — not necessarily a strong safety record on a small sample. FMCSA does not publish peer-group percentiles for property carriers, so the underlying measures — not percentile rankings — are shown; Hazmat Compliance and Crash Indicator are not published.

SMS Inspections (24 mo)

33

Total

3

Driver OOS

2

Vehicle OOS

BASIC Measures

Unsafe Driving0.443 insp w/ viol
Hours of Service0.071 insp w/ viol
Driver Fitness1.094 insp w/ viol
Controlled Substances0.000 insp w/ viol
Vehicle Maintenance1.254 insp w/ viol

Insurance

$1,000,000

BIPD Coverage

Cargo Coverage

1 policy on file1 active
TypeStatusInsurerPolicy #CoverageEffectiveExpiresForm
BIPD Active CLEAR SPRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANYTOWCA000121 05$1,000,000Mar 12, 202691X

Insurance History (9)

TypeInsurerStatusCoverageEffectiveCancelled
BIPD · F91XCLEAR SPRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANYCancelledCANCEL$1,000,000Mar 12, 2025Mar 12, 2026
BIPD · F91XCLEAR SPRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANYCancelledCANCEL$1,000,000Mar 12, 2024Mar 12, 2025
BIPD · F91XCLEAR SPRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANYCancelledCANCEL$1,000,000Mar 12, 2023Mar 12, 2024
BIPD · F91XCLEAR SPRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANYCancelledCANCEL$1,000,000Mar 12, 2022Mar 12, 2023
BIPD · F91XCLEAR SPRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANYCancelledCANCEL$1,000,000Mar 12, 2021Mar 12, 2022
BIPD · F91XAXIS INSURANCE COMPANYCancelledCANCEL$1,000,000Mar 12, 2017Mar 12, 2021
BIPD · F91XUNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE CO.ReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Sep 14, 2015Mar 12, 2017
BIPD · F91XUNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE CO.Name ChangedTERM/CANCL$1,000,000Mar 12, 2014Oct 20, 2015
BIPD · F91XUNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE CO.ReplacedTERM/REPL$1,000,000Mar 12, 2014Sep 14, 2015

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