CSA
Authorized · PropertyUSDOT 3563996· MC1198066· CARRIER· EIN 85-1495064
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TAYLORS HEAVY DUTY TOWING INC

700 OLD HWY 271, FORT SMITH, AR, 72916(479) 597-8750taylorsheavydutytowinginc@gmail.comDAVE TAYLOR
Vetting snapshot
Authority
Active
operating authority
Insurance
$1M BIPD
PROGRESSIVE NORTHWESTERN INS. CO.
Vehicle OOS
no inspections
Driver OOS
0%
below 6.7% national avg
Crashes 24mo
0
clean
Red flags
1 flag
see details below
80
/ 100

Risk factors

Low riskVioCodes score
Possible reincarnation pattern — tied to an older inactive carrier

A weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.

Authority & insurance

MC1198066

Operating authority and insurance on file — from FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (L&I).

Common
Active
Contract
None
Broker
None
Authorized for: Property
Liability (BIPD)
$1M on file
$750K required
Cargo
Not on file
not required
Bond / surety
Not on file
not required
Insurance filings
ON FILELiability (BIPD) — BMC-91X$1M coverageeff 09/09/2025
PROGRESSIVE NORTHWESTERN INS. CO.· policy CA861974748
Authority history (3) ▾
09/11/2025MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIERREINSTATED
08/01/2024COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATIONDISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/30/2024)
02/25/2021MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIERGRANTEDREVOKED (09/03/2025)
Insurance history5 insurers on record
Filing timeline (6)
  1. BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY$1MCancelled
    BIPD/Primary · eff 08/28/202408/28/2025
  2. AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY$1MCancelled
    BIPD/Primary · eff 08/28/202308/28/2024
  3. NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY$750KReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 02/02/202308/28/2023
  4. UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY$750KReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 06/14/202202/02/2023
  5. UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY$1MReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 02/02/202206/14/2022
  6. UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY$750KReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 02/08/202102/02/2022

Source: FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (L&I), public data. This shows the carrier’s federal insurance filings (BMC-91X liability, BMC-34 cargo) — the federally-required minimums on file for operating authority — not the carrier’s full commercial policy (its actual auto combined-single-limit, general liability, cargo, or workers’ comp, which appear on the carrier’s ACORD certificate of insurance). Always confirm current coverage with a COI from the carrier’s agent before making a vetting decision.

Roadside inspection performance

Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.

Vehicle0 inspections · 0% OOS · National 22%
Driver2 inspections · 0% OOS · National 6.7%

CSA performance breakdown

FMCSA · Sep 2026

2 inspections · 0 violations (0 OOS) · 0% of inspections had an OOS finding.

2
Inspections
0
Violations
0
OOS violations
0
Distinct codes

Most inspected in · top 1 states

  • AR2

Latest FMCSA SMS snapshot. Codes link to the lookup — severity weighting, contest angles, and the DataQs Drafter for each. Click a BASIC to filter the codes.

Recommendations

What’s driving each score, what to do about it, and where it could go.

Unsafe Driving needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Unsafe Driving percentile of 0% is under the 65% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Hours-of-Service Compliance needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Hours-of-Service Compliance percentile of 0% is under the 65% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Driver Fitness needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Driver Fitness percentile of 0% is under the 80% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Controlled Substances/Alcohol needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Controlled Substances/Alcohol percentile of 0% is under the 80% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Vehicle Maintenance needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Vehicle Maintenance percentile of 0% is under the 80% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Recommendations are generated from the carrier’s public FMCSA roadside-inspection record. Percentiles and projections are VioCodes estimates, not official FMCSA figures. Informational, not legal advice.

90-day safety improvement plan

What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.

1
Inspections
0
Violations
0
Out-of-service
1
Clean
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Based on roadside inspections in the last 90 days, ranked by what recurs most. Informational, not legal advice.

Inspection & crash map

live · FMCSA MCMIS

Every inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).

2
Inspections
0
Violations
0
Out-of-service
0
CSA points
0
Crashes
1
States
cleanviolOOS

CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.

Equipment

VINs via NHTSA

3 distinct vehicles seen in this carrier’s roadside inspections.

2 trailer 1 truck
2014 KENWORTH T8 Seriesseen 2×
1XKDP4TXXEJ391192· NONE 0 AR
2015 FONTAINE TRAILER CO.
57JE5230XF3562222· NONE 0 AR
2024 X-L SPECIALIZED TRAILERS INC X-L SPECIALIZED TRAILERS INC
4U3J05337RL022473· PT242974 AR

Equipment is inferred from VINs recorded on roadside inspections (FMCSA MCMIS), decoded via the NHTSA vPIC API — it reflects vehicles inspected, not a current fleet roster.

Company profile

FMCSA census

AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Power units
3
on file (MCS-150)
Drivers
1
1 hold a CDL
Annual mileage
0M mi
reported 2024
Recordable crash rate
0.00
per million miles
How far they run · drivers by operating lane
  • Interstate · 100+ mi1 drivers
Company officer
DAVE TAYLOR
Operation
Interstate · Hazmat
Registered since
2021-02-04
Last MCS-150 update
2025-09-09
Census status
Active

Fleet: 3 trucks · 2 owned tractors · 1 owned trailers.

Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.

Connections

carrier graph

This carrier shares VINs, phone numbers or officers with 12 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.

12
Connected carriers
2
Fleet-transfer links
1
Most shared VINs
10
Strong links
Possible reincarnation pattern: DAVE'S LAWN MOWING SERVICE LLC (USDOT 2927248, registered 2016) is inactive, shares this carrier’s officer, and predates it — worth checking whether this carrier re-registered to shed a prior record.
Strong· 10
1
BLUEBIRD TRANSPORTATION LLC
USDOT 4156203Inactive· PROVIDENCE, RI
Strong
Officer
2
DAVE'S LAWN MOWING SERVICE LLC
USDOT 2927248Inactive· NEW FAIRFIELD, CT
Strong
Officer
3
GULFCOAST NAVIGATION LLC
USDOT 3183517Active· BAYTOWN, TX
Strong
Officer
4
NU LOOK LOGISTICS LLC
USDOT 4001080Active· LODI, NJ
Strong
Officer
5
RJ EXPRESS INC
USDOT 1046525Inactive· BENSALEM, PA
Strong
Officer
6
SHADOW MOUNTAIN WATER OF WYOMING
USDOT 2320476Active· ROCK SPRINGS, WY
Strong
Officer
7
TAYLOR INTERNATIONAL TRUCKING FF LTD
USDOT 311964Inactive· DEVLIN, ON
Strong
Officer
8
TAYLOR LLC
USDOT 1106516Active· MEAD, CO
Strong
Officer
9
TRUE GRIT EXPRESS INC
USDOT 3793099Inactive· CHARLESTON, AR
Strong
OfficerPhone
10
UNLIMITED CONCEPTS INC
USDOT 2725980Active· PAGE, AZ
Strong
Officer

Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.

Activity history

12 events
  1. 09/11/2025MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — REINSTATED
  2. 09/09/2025MCS-150 update filed

    0.0M mi reported (2024)

  3. 09/09/2025Insurance filed — PROGRESSIVE NORTHWESTERN INS. CO.

    Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy CA861974748

  4. 08/28/2025Insurance cancelled — BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy BIC-WS-02067-00

  5. 08/28/2024Insurance cancelled — AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy K2GP426300

  6. 08/01/2024COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION

    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (08/30/2024)

  7. 08/28/2023Insurance replaced — NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy 70TRS125736

  8. 02/02/2023Insurance replaced — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy CA03231035

  9. 06/14/2022Insurance replaced — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy CA03231035

  10. 02/02/2022Insurance replaced — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy CA3231035

  11. 02/25/2021MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED

    REVOKED (09/03/2025)

  12. 02/04/2021Registered with FMCSA

    AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.

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Operations

Classification

  • AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Area served

  • Interstate

FMCSA safety rating

Rating
Not rated
Type
Rated
Last review
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MCS-150 registration

Form date
2025-09-09
Reported mileage
22,000 mi (2024)

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Data sourced from public FMCSA records via safer.fmcsa.dot.gov · Latest FMCSA update: Sep 2026 · Page refreshed: Sep 23, 2026, 9:12 AM. VioCodes is not affiliated with FMCSA. To dispute incorrect data, file a DataQs Request for Data Review.