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ARNOLD J THOMAS & SON INC

Doing business as THOMAS & SON DISTRIBUTORS

USDOT 61163
MC docket MC-152430
Operating authority Active
USDOT registration Active
Safety rating Satisfactory rated 1984-12-05 — 41 years ago; last reviewed 1984-11-06 · roadside inspected 2026-08-31
Hazardous materials No

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Roadside inspections
Last inspected
2026-08-31
Inspections
1,000
last three years
Violations recorded
365

Out-of-service orders lower is better

Inspections ending with a vehicle or driver ordered out of service by authorities. Between 7 September 2024 and 7 September 2026.

Vehicle 9.3% below the national average of 22.26% 54 of 579 vehicle inspections ended in an out-of-service order
Driver 0.3% below the national average of 6.67% 2 of 685 driver inspections ended in an out-of-service order

These rates use FMCSA’s own window and arithmetic, so they match this carrier’s FMCSA Company Snapshot. The national averages are the agency’s own, as of 31 July 2026.

Crashes
Last reported crash
2026-03-12
Crashes on file
136
Crashes with a fatality
5
Crashes with injuries
51
Crashes with a tow-away
125
Crashes on file, last 24 months
8
Crashes per million miles

Crash counts are permanent and reach back decades. A crash on this record is not a finding of fault.

Insurance and operating authority

Required and on-file BI&PD liability amounts, cargo and surety bond filings, and the operating authorities this carrier holds — from FMCSA's authority file, refreshed daily.

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Where this carrier sits among the others

A chart of the out-of-service rate across every carrier in the group, with this carrier marked on it and the margin of error around its own rate.

Drawn against carriers with more than 500 inspections, carriers based in Oregon, carriers running 26 to 100 power units and every carrier on file.

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82 of this carrier’s 1,000 roadside inspections on FMCSA’s rolling three-year file ended in an out-of-service order. Comparison groups are CarrierHelm’s, built from FMCSA’s published inspection counts, fleet sizes and state of domicile across the carriers we hold — a systematic sample of the federal register, not all of it.

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Carrier details
Fleet and drivers
Power units
98
Trucks
98
Buses
0
Drivers
98
Drivers holding a CDL
98
What they run
Cargo authorised to carry
General freight; Household goods; Metal: sheets, coils, rolls; Motor vehicles; Logs, poles, beams, lumber; Building materials; Commodities dry bulk; Beverages; Paper products; Farm supplies; Construction
Operating range
Interstate, beyond 100 miles
Carrier operation
Interstate
Operation classification
AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Annual mileage reported
11,329,465
Mileage year
2024
Safety history
Safety rating date
1984-12-05
Last compliance review
1984-11-06
Review type
U meaning not published
Registration
Entity type
CORPORATION
First on file
1974-06-01
Carrier last updated its record
2025-12-19
City
SPRINGFIELD
State
OR
ZIP
97478-5563

Every field on this page is published by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in its Motor Carrier Census, unedited. The agency’s record is the one that counts — correct it there and it corrects here on the next update. Data as of 2026-09-06 · The official FMCSA record · FMCSA safety profile · About this data