Carrier profile · USDOT 804529 · MC-357946 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ACKERMAN WRECKER SERVICE INC

16 power unitsavg 6.5 yrLocal · 1 statesMACON, GA76/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-357946 INACTIVEHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

16Power units

11 observed · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

6.5Avg age (yr)

2007–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(478) 742-0221 Email dispatchawstowing@gmail.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Insurance on fileEstablished 27 yearsNo active operating authority

Watch · 2

No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Multiple injury crashes8 crashes involving injuries are on record.

In good standing · 3

Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 27 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1999.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 34 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo4.5%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo4.5%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

16 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.5 yr

Model years 2007–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

27 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1999 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

24 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 4.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 22 vehicle and 24 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

7.1% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 6.5 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

23 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 8

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 16-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 16
Inspections · 24 mo: 24
Annualized: ≈12 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
391.45 No medical examination / expiredDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
392.8 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Inactive
Contract: Inactive
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 13 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Zurich’98–’01

State National’06–’10

Hanover’12–’15

1998200520122019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 19 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI · since Jan 2026

All 19 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Dec 2024 → Jan 2026	$750K	1
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2023 → Feb 2025	$750K	1
AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2022 → Dec 2023	$750K	1
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2021 → Dec 2022	$750K	1
AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2020 → Dec 2021	$750K	1
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2019 → Dec 2020	$750K	1
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Dec 2018 → Dec 2019	$750K	1
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2016 → Dec 2018	$750K	3
PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2015 → Dec 2016	$750K	1
HANOVER INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2012 → Dec 2015	$750K	1
NOVA CASUALTY COMPANY	Dec 2010 → Dec 2011	$750K	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Dec 2006 → Dec 2010	$750K	4
STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2005 → Dec 2006	$750K	2
WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	Dec 2003 → Dec 2005	$750K	2
UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	Dec 2002 → Dec 2003	$750K	1
TRANSCONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2001 → Dec 2001	$750K	1
UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	Dec 2001 → Dec 2002	$750K	1
TRANSCONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2000 → Dec 2000	$750K	2
ZURICH INSURANCE CO.	Jun 1998 → Feb 2001	$750K	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 16
Observed power (24 mo): 11
Trailers (towed): 0

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.5 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2007

Oldest model yr

72.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 1 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

GA busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

MACON, GA

235 NORTH ST

Top corridor

GA 24

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Shares a company officer with other carriers

walter smith — 18 carriers: USDOT 640877 USDOT 1392282 USDOT 1578806 USDOT 1678345 USDOT 1716579 USDOT 2038066 USDOT 2132776 USDOT 2170590

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 235 NORTH ST, MACON, GA, 31206
Operation: Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (478) 742-0221
Email: awstowing@gmail.com

Registration

Officers: Walter Smith · Lynn Wilkerson
USDOT / docket: 804529 · MC-357946
First registered: Apr 7, 1999
Last MCS-150: May 1, 2026 · 120,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

120,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for ACKERMAN WRECKER SERVICE INC.

ACKERMAN WRECKER SERVICE INC (USDOT 804529) has a Vektor safety score of 76/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI effective Jan 13, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 4.5% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 24 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 22 vehicle-level and 24 driver-level — across 1 state, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 16 power units and 12 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 1, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ACKERMAN WRECKER SERVICE INC's USDOT number?

ACKERMAN WRECKER SERVICE INC's USDOT number is 804529, and its motor carrier number is MC-357946.

Is ACKERMAN WRECKER SERVICE INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, ACKERMAN WRECKER SERVICE INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is ACKERMAN WRECKER SERVICE INC's safety record?

ACKERMAN WRECKER SERVICE INC has a 4.5% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 34 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 76/100 (tier: review).