Carrier profile · USDOT 522071 · MC-279835 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

American Towing & Recovery LLC

DBA STAN'S PRO TOWS

5 power unitsLocal · 2 statesPOCATELLO, ID50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-279835 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

5Power units

2 observed · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

6.5Avg age (yr)

2016–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(208) 478-8697 Email dispatchdoug@STANSPROTOWS.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

Limited record

Not enough federal record to assess. Verify authority and insurance directly.

Watch · 1

Not enough inspection history to rate2 federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 33 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1993.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo50.0%

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo50.0%

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

5 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersDecoding

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Not yet decoded

Identity stabilityStable

33 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1993 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

2 inspections · 24 mo

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative

Vehicle OOS 50.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 2 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. One window of data — no trend yet. 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

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 5-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 5
Inspections · 24 mo: 2
Annualized: ≈1 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.2 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.

396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 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

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K 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 · 15 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Valley’98–’02

Stonington’05–’09

Pioneer Specialty’14–’17

Pioneer Specialty’18–’21

United Financial’22–’26

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 18 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY · since Feb 2026

All 18 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jun 2022 → Feb 2026	$750K	1
AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2021 → Jun 2022	$750K	1
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Feb 2021 → Jun 2021	$750K	1
PIONEER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2018 → Feb 2021	$750K	1
WESTERN NATIONAL ASSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2017 → Feb 2018	$750K	1
PIONEER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2014 → Feb 2017	$750K	1
PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2013 → Feb 2014	$750K	5
MID-CENTURY INSURANCE CO.	Feb 2012 → Dec 2011	$750K	1
UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2011 → Feb 2013	$750K	1
PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2009 → Dec 2011	$750K	2
STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2005 → Dec 2009	$750K	5
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2004 → Dec 2005	$750K	1
WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	Dec 2002 → Dec 2003	$750K	4
VALLEY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 1998 → Dec 2002	$750K	1
TIG INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 1997 → Feb 1999	$750K	1
GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA	Dec 1996 → Dec 1997	$750K	1
GUARANTY NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Dec 1994 → Dec 1996	$750K	2
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Aug 1994 → Feb 1995	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 5
Observed power (24 mo): 2
Trailers (towed): 0

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

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

WY busiest

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

Home base

POCATELLO, ID

1430 N 3RD

Top corridor

WY ⇄ ID

WY 1 · MT 1

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 registration email domain with other carriers

@stansprotows.com — 3 carriers: USDOT 3571828 USDOT 3856866

Shares a company officer with other carriers

doug henson — 2 carriers: USDOT 434420

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1430 N 3RD, POCATELLO, ID, 83201
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (208) 478-8697
Cell: (208) 221-6757
Fax: (208) 534-7431
Email: doug@stansprotows.com
Web domain: stansprotows.com

Registration

Officers: Doug Henson · Alan Saunders
USDOT / docket: 522071 · MC-279835
First registered: May 5, 1993
Last MCS-150: Mar 11, 2025 · 192,286 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · May 12, 1993
D-U-N-S: 627023893

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

192,286

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 AMERICAN TOWING & RECOVERY LLC.

AMERICAN TOWING & RECOVERY LLC (USDOT 522071) is unrated by Vektor because the carrier's FMCSA record does not contain enough evidence for a safety score as of Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY effective Feb 13, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 50.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 2 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 2 vehicle-level and 2 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 5 power units and 4 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 11, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned May 12, 1993 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is AMERICAN TOWING & RECOVERY LLC's USDOT number?

AMERICAN TOWING & RECOVERY LLC's USDOT number is 522071, and its motor carrier number is MC-279835.

Is AMERICAN TOWING & RECOVERY LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, AMERICAN TOWING & RECOVERY LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is AMERICAN TOWING & RECOVERY LLC's safety record?

AMERICAN TOWING & RECOVERY LLC has a 50.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 3 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: 2 federal roadside inspections in the last 24 months. FMCSA itself will not score a carrier's vehicle or driver record on fewer than 5, and neither will we — verify authority, insurance and references directly before tendering.

How big is AMERICAN TOWING & RECOVERY LLC's fleet?

AMERICAN TOWING & RECOVERY LLC operates 5 power units and 4 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is AMERICAN TOWING & RECOVERY LLC based?

AMERICAN TOWING & RECOVERY LLC is based in POCATELLO, ID, with roadside inspections recorded across 2 states.

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