CSA
Authorized · PropertyUSDOT 4074111· MC1550327· CARRIER· EIN 92-2444161
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AWESOME TOWING LLC

500 COLUMBIA ST NW APT 605, OLYMPIA, WA, 98501-4448(360) 791-7901AWESOMETOWINGCOMPANY@GMAIL.COMSHAYNA HARDESTY
Vetting snapshot
Authority
Active
operating authority
Insurance
$1M BIPD
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
Vehicle OOS
60%
above 22% national avg
Driver OOS
10%
above 6.7% national avg
Crashes 24mo
0
clean
Red flags
1 flag
see details below
40
/ 100

Risk factors

High riskVioCodes score
Possible reincarnation pattern — tied to an older inactive carrierVehicle OOS 60% — well above the 22% national averageDriver OOS 10% — above the 6.7% national average

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

MC1550327

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 07/24/2025
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY· policy CA00614508
Authority history (3) ▾
07/22/2025COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION→ DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (07/25/2025)
10/07/2024COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATION→ DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (10/29/2024)
06/05/2023MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIERGRANTED
Insurance history2 insurers on record
Filing timeline (5) ▾
  1. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN$750KCancelled
    BIPD/Primary · eff 11/02/2024 → 08/18/2025
  2. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN$750KReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 11/02/2024 → 07/24/2025
  3. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN$750KCancelled
    BIPD/Primary · eff 11/02/2023 → 11/02/2024
  4. UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY$1MReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 05/22/2023 → 11/02/2023
  5. UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY$1MReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 05/17/2023 → 05/22/2023

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.

Vehicle5 inspections · 60% OOS · National 22%
Driver10 inspections · 10% OOS · National 6.7%

Recommendations

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

Phone / texting violations are the leading contributor to Unsafe Driving

High impact

Estimated Unsafe Driving percentile of 82% is at/over the 65% intervention line. Carriers with a BASIC in alert are prioritized for enforcement (warning letters, audits) and inspected more often — which tends to generate still more violations.

What’s contributing2 violations (24 mo)
Phone / texting1 viol77%
  • 392.82DUMTDriver - Using a hand-held mobile telephone1× · 77%
Following / lane / reckless1 viol23%
  • 392.2-SLLLRState/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation1× · 23%
What to do
  • Hands-off-the-phone policy with real consequences; provide a mount and a do-not-disturb setup
Projected estimatecould improve up to 21 pts in ~12 mo
nowin 12 months
Current trend 50% followed 100% followed 65% line

Vehicle and driver out-of-service rate exceeds the national average

High impact

Vehicle OOS rate is 60% vs the 22% national average. Driver OOS rate is 10% vs the 6.7% national average. Carriers above the national OOS average draw more enforcement attention (audits, roadside stops) and can see higher insurance premiums.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with out-of-service violations and fix the root causes with equipment and drivers
  • Run a preventative-maintenance program; periodically inspect tires, brakes and lights
  • Reinforce thorough pre-trip and post-trip inspections; retrain where needed

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

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

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.

▲ Trending worse
2
Inspections
3
Violations
0
Out-of-service
1
Clean
Where the violations are
Other 100%
Focus here first
1Other
3 violations · 100% of recent
  • 390.21TB1-MCOperating a CMV without legal name or trade name displayed
  • 392.2-SLLSRState/Local Laws - State registration/tag violation
  • 392.2-SLLSIVState/Local Laws - State insurance violation
Do this
  • Review these violations with drivers and add the fix to your pre-trip and PM routine
🎓
Turn these into driver coaching — and prove it
FleetTrained (my companion project) makes branded, multilingual training videos for these exact violations — your driver watches and gets a completion certificate for the file.

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).

11
Inspections
31
Violations
6
Out-of-service
82
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

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

6 incomplete vehicle 1 passenger car
2017 FORD F-550seen 3×
1FD0X5HT3HEC23201· D91902C WA
2019 FORD F-550seen 3×
1FDUF5GY9KEF70704· D52384G WA
2026 FORD F-650seen 2×
1FDNX6AN5TDF08004· D69591K WA
2005 FORD F-550
1FDAF56P75EA69312· D10671C WA
2013 HYUNDAI Elantra
5NPDH4AE7DH201821· CMZ2569 WA
2017 FORD F-650
1FDWF6DX0HDB00506· D18559F WA
2026 FORD F-650
1FDNX6AN9TDF00830· D94301H WA

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
5
on file (MCS-150)
Drivers
6
0 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+ mi6 drivers
Company officer
SHAYNA HARDESTY
Operation
Interstate · Hazmat
Registered since
2023-05-10
Last MCS-150 update
2025-07-09
Census status
Active

Fleet: 5 trucks.

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

Data change history

Every FMCSA record change we’ve detected — address, fleet size, contacts, MCS-150 — newest first.

Connections

carrier graph

This carrier shares VINs or officers with 3 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.

3
Connected carriers
1
Fleet-transfer links
1
Most shared VINs
3
Strong links
Possible reincarnation pattern: A BETTER TOW COMPANY INC (USDOT 3551485, registered 2021) is inactive, shares this carrier’s officer, and predates it — worth checking whether this carrier re-registered to shed a prior record.
Strong· 3
1
A BETTER TOW COMPANY LLC
USDOT 3790216Active· CHEHALIS, WA
Strong
OfficerShared VIN · 1
1FD0X5HT3HEC23201
2
A BETTER TOW COMPANY INC
USDOT 3551485Inactive· CENTRALIA, WA
Strong
Officer
3
GRANT'S TOWING & AUTOMOTIVE, INC
USDOT 8091416Inactive· CHEHALIS, WA
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

11 events
  1. 08/18/2025Insurance cancelled — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN

    BIPD/Primary · policy 02TRM056017-02

  2. 07/24/2025Insurance filed — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY

    Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy CA00614508

  3. 07/24/2025Insurance replaced — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN

    BIPD/Primary · policy 02TRM056017-02

  4. 07/22/2025COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION

    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (07/25/2025)

  5. 07/09/2025MCS-150 update filed

    0.0M mi reported (2024)

  6. 11/02/2024Insurance cancelled — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN

    BIPD/Primary · policy 02TRM056017-01

  7. 10/07/2024COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION

    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (10/29/2024)

  8. 11/02/2023Insurance replaced — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy CA00614508

  9. 06/05/2023MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
  10. 05/22/2023Insurance replaced — UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy CA01109759

  11. 05/10/2023Registered 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
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FMCSA safety rating

Rating
Not rated
Type
Non-ratable review
Rated
—
Last review
2026-08-05
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MCS-150 registration

Form date
2025-07-09
Reported mileage
5,000 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 30, 2026, 3:53 AM. VioCodes is not affiliated with FMCSA. To dispute incorrect data, file a DataQs Request for Data Review.