KEVIN DOWNES TREE SERVICE COMPANY INC
USDOT 504283 · Doing business as DOWNES TREE SERVICE
Active, interstate carrier, large fleet (106 power units) — no FMCSA safety rating on record (common).
Vetting summary
At a glance
- Insurance on fileZurich American Insurance Company
- Out-of-service rate29.4% vs 19.1% national avg
- Crashes (24 months)2 reported — involvement does not imply fault
- Authority ageGranted 2 years ago
- Linked registrations2 share this carrier's phone or address
These signals summarize the records shown below — they are a starting point for your own checks, not a judgment of the carrier.
Registration
Carrier identity
| USDOT Number | 504283 |
|---|---|
| MC Number | MC-1629765 |
| Legal Name | KEVIN DOWNES TREE SERVICE COMPANY INC |
| DBA Name | DOWNES TREE SERVICE |
| Entity Type | CORPORATION |
| Phone | 9732389800 |
| Address | 65 ROYAL AVE, Hawthorne, NJ, 07506 |
Status
Authority & safety
| Operating Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Operation Type | Interstate |
| Safety Rating | None on record — most carriers have not received a formal FMCSA safety rating. |
| Hazmat Flag | false |
Safety ratings: S = Satisfactory, C = Conditional, U = Unsatisfactory. A carrier with no rating has not been through a full FMCSA compliance review — this is common and not itself a red flag.
Filings
Insurance
| Current Insurer | Zurich American Insurance Company |
|---|---|
| Coverage on File | $750,000 |
| Insurance on File Since | 2024-04-01 |
| Insurer | Coverage | Form | Effective | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zurich American Insurance Company | $750,000 | BMC-91X | 2024-04-01 | — |
Timeline
Authority history
| Authority First Granted | 2024-04-19 Established authority |
|---|---|
| Authority Events on Record | 1 |
- 2024-04-19 — Granted — Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods) Active GRANTED
Our scoring
Safety scores
| Unsafe Driving | 78 / 100 |
|---|---|
| Hours-of-Service Compliance | 84 / 100 |
| Driver Fitness | 94 / 100 |
| Controlled Substances & Alcohol | 0 / 100 |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 88 / 100 |
Scores are 0-100 rankings computed by us from public FMCSA inspection measures; higher = worse relative to peers. Not official CSA/BASIC percentiles. How these scores are computed.
Safety events
Inspections & crashes (last 24 months)
| Inspections | 17 |
|---|---|
| Out-of-Service Rate | 29.4% vs 19.1% national average |
| Crashes | 2 total (0 fatal, 2 with injuries, 2 towaway) |
- 2026-02-22 — NJ — 1 injured, towaway
- 2025-05-24 — NJ — 1 injured, towaway
- 2024-03-04 — NJ — towaway
Most frequent violation categories: 20 (13), 16 (12), 28 (7).
Crash involvement does not imply fault. FMCSA crash records list all reportable crashes involving a carrier, regardless of who caused them.
Signals
Linked registrations
2 other active carrier registrations share this carrier's phone or address in FMCSA records.
Shared contact details can have many ordinary explanations, such as a shared dispatch service, registration agent, or office address.
Equipment
Fleet & operations
| Power Units (trucks) | 106 |
|---|---|
| Drivers | 67 |
| Recent Annual Mileage | 1,015,772 |
| Last MCS-150 Filing | 17-MAR-26 |
KEVIN DOWNES TREE SERVICE COMPANY INC operates 106 power units — a larger fleet than 100% of carriers registered in NJ.
Nearby
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