Carrier profile · USDOT 104051 · MC-133661 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Underwood Towing Inc

DBA UNDERWOODS TOWING INC

17 power unitsavg 8.8 yrRegional · 3 statesWARREN, OH50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-133661 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

17Power units

4 observed · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

8.8Avg age (yr)

2014–2021 · vPIC

Call dispatch(330) 394-1573 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Limited record

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

Watch · 2

Driver out-of-service rate well above average33.3% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% national average.Not enough inspection history to rate3 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 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

17 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.8 yr

Model years 2014–2021 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Safety

3 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 33.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 3 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

3 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 1

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 17-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: 17
Inspections · 24 mo: 3
Annualized: ≈2 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
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 ’21 · 11 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Motorists’90–’01

Citizens America’97–’01

United Ohio’10–’15

Peninsula’18–now

1990199920082017now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · THE PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY · since Mar 2021

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
THE PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2018 → Mar 2021	$750K	2
AMCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2016 → Jun 2018	$750K	1
AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION	Jun 2015 → Jun 2016	$750K	1
WHITE PINE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2015 → Jul 2015	$750K	2
UNITED OHIO INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2010 → Jun 2015	$750K	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Jun 2008 → Jun 2010	$750K	2
STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2005 → Jun 2008	$750K	5
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2004 → Jun 2005	$750K	1
WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	Jun 2001 → Jun 2004	$750K	3
CITIZENS INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA	Jun 1997 → Jul 2001	$750K	2
MOTORISTS MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Jun 1990 → Jun 2001	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 7, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 17
Observed power (24 mo): 4
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

8.8 yr

Average age

2021

Newest model yr

2014

Oldest model yr

40.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 3 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

OH busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Ohio: 1 inspections
New York: 1 inspections
Pennsylvania: 1 inspections

Home base

WARREN, OH

2260 SOUTH TOD AVE

Most inspections: OH

1 inspections

OH 1 · NY 1 · PA 1

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 7, 2026

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 320805

Shares a company officer with other carriers

todd walker — 13 carriers: USDOT 328262 USDOT 889446 USDOT 1157941 USDOT 1700021 USDOT 1956957 USDOT 2057658 USDOT 2478080 USDOT 3194259

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

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

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 2260 SOUTH TOD AVE, WARREN, OH, 44485
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (330) 394-1573
Fax: (330) 394-9808
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: underwoodstowing.com

Registration

Officers: Todd Walker · Joshua Walker
USDOT / docket: 104051 · MC-133661
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Nov 15, 2024 · 260,000 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Sep 10, 1980
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

260,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 7, 2026

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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vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

0 of 3 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

2violation records

1OOS-tagged records

0 of 3inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Driver fitness

1100%1 / 1

Unsafe driving

10%0 / 1

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

30%Stable

15%

30%

0%Nov 24 to May 250 / 1

n/aMay 25 to Nov 250 / 0

0%Nov 25 to May 260 / 1

0%May 26 to Nov 260 / 1

Top 2 codes (2 of 2 records)

391.41APC No / expired medical certificate1
392.2-SLLED State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1

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Driver fitness

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Unsafe driving

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for UNDERWOOD TOWING INC.

UNDERWOOD TOWING INC (USDOT 104051) is unrated by Vektor because the carrier's FMCSA record does not contain enough evidence for a safety score. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from THE PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY effective Mar 26, 2021 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 0.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier received 3 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 3 vehicle-level and 3 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 17 power units and 10 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Nov 15, 2024. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Sep 10, 1980 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is UNDERWOOD TOWING INC's USDOT number?

UNDERWOOD TOWING INC's USDOT number is 104051, and its motor carrier number is MC-133661.

Is UNDERWOOD TOWING INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. UNDERWOOD TOWING INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is UNDERWOOD TOWING INC's safety record?

UNDERWOOD TOWING INC has a 0.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 5 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: 3 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.