Carrier profile · USDOT 2368897 · MC-812504 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Plains Towing and Recovery LLC

DBA PLAINS TOWING AND RECOVERY

23 power unitsavg 7 yrRegional · 4 statesBELLE FOURCHE, SD100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-812504 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

23Power units

25 observed · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

7.0Avg age (yr)

2000–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(605) 892-3712 Email dispatch[email protected]

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

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 14 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2013.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 84 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo3.7%

▼ 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

23 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7 yr

Model years 2000–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

13 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2013 — 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.

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

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4 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent May 7, 2025.

Safety

54 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 54 vehicle and 17 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.4% · 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 2.5 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

54 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 15

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 23-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 23
Inspections · 24 mo: 54
Annualized: ≈27 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 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: None
Contract: Active
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 ’25 · 2 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

United Financial’13–’15

Pioneer Specialty’15–’25

2013201720212025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 2 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Sep 2025

All 2 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PIONEER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2015 → Sep 2025	$750K	2
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jan 2013 → Mar 2015	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 3, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 23
Observed power (24 mo): 25
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

7.0 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

96.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 4 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

WY busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Wyoming: 46 inspections
South Dakota: 6 inspections
Montana: 1 inspections
Colorado: 1 inspections

Home base

BELLE FOURCHE, SD

301 ROUNDUP ST

Most inspections: WY

46 inspections

WY 46 · SD 6 · MT 1

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 3, 2026

Last 12 months: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3312498Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (2 trucks · 2 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 564933 USDOT 3312498

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 3, 2026

Location

Physical address: 301 ROUNDUP ST, BELLE FOURCHE, SD, 57717
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (605) 892-3712
Fax: (605) 568-0122
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: plainstowing.com

Registration

Officers: Alvin J. Fabris · John K. Fabris
USDOT / docket: 2368897 · MC-812504
First registered: Jan 9, 2013
Last MCS-150: Sep 28, 2026 · 526,800 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Nov 22, 2022
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

526,800

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 3, 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

2 of 54 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

14violation records

3OOS-tagged records

2 of 54inspections 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.

Hours of service

40%0 / 4

Other vehicle maintenance

450%2 / 4

Brakes

20%0 / 2

Lights

20%0 / 2

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%

15%

30%

0%Nov 24 to May 250 / 4

0%May 25 to Nov 250 / 21

0%Nov 25 to May 260 / 5

8%May 26 to Nov 262 / 24

Top 3 codes (5 of 14 records)

393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects2
395.24 ELD — record edits / data2
391.11B1-A Driver not qualified1

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392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
393.60D Windshield / glazing1
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps1
395.22H1-ELDNUM ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
396.5B-HWSL Oil and/or grease leak1

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Hours of service

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Brakes

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for PLAINS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC.

PLAINS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC (USDOT 2368897) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Sep 25, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 3.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier received 54 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 54 vehicle-level and 17 driver-level — across 4 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 3, 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 3, 2026.

It reports 23 power units and 15 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Sep 28, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Nov 22, 2022 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is PLAINS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC's USDOT number?

PLAINS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC's USDOT number is 2368897, and its motor carrier number is MC-812504.

Is PLAINS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 3, 2026. PLAINS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is PLAINS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC's safety record?

PLAINS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC has a 3.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 84 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).

How big is PLAINS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC's fleet?

PLAINS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC operates 23 power units and 15 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is PLAINS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC based?

PLAINS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC is based in BELLE FOURCHE, SD, with roadside inspections recorded across 4 states.

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Contact & documents

Call dispatch(605) 892-3712 Email dispatch[email protected]Carrier packetDownload / print · free

USDOT: 2368897
MC / Docket: MC-812504
Officer: ALVIN J. FABRIS
Address: 301 ROUNDUP ST
BELLE FOURCHE, SD, 57717

At a glance

Active for-hire authority

Contract authority · 13 yr continuous

$1M BIPD in force

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Sep 2025

Vehicle OOS 3.7%

vs 22.26% national — at or below benchmark.

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