Carrier profile · USDOT 701759 · MC-324688 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Mardi Gras Wrecker Service Inc

DBA MARDI GRAS TOWING

5 power unitsavg 19 yrLocal · 1 statesJEFFERSON, LA50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-324688 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

5Power units

1 observed · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

19.0Avg age (yr)

2007–2007 · vPIC

Call dispatch(504) 837-1999 Email dispatchmardi_gras_towing@yahoo. com

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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 · 1

Not enough inspection history to rate1 federal roadside inspection 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 29 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1997.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

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 peersOlder

19 yr

Model years 2007–2007 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

29 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1997 — 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

1 inspections · 24 mo

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative

Vehicle OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS —24-mo cumulative

030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1 vehicle and 0 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. 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

≈0.1 / 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: 1
Annualized: ≈1 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

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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

$1M BIPD last filed ’26 · 11 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Empire Fire’00–’03

Towing Recovery’04–’10

New York’12–’15

Amguard’22–now

1997200520132021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 12 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jan 2026

All 12 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2022 → Jan 2026	$1M	9
BLUE HILL SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY INC	Jul 2020 → Jan 2022	$1M	1
AXIS INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2019 → Jul 2020	$1M	2
AXIS INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2017 → Apr 2017	$1M	4
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Jun 2015 → Apr 2017	$1M	1
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	Apr 2012 → Apr 2015	$1M	5
QBE SPECIALTY INSURANCE CORPORATION	Apr 2010 → Apr 2012	$1M	2
TOWING & RECOVERY PROFESSIONALS OF LA TRUST	Jun 2004 → Apr 2010	$1M	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2003 → Jun 2004	$1M	1
EMPIRE FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2000 → Jun 2003	$1M	3
FRONTIER INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 1999 → Jul 2000	$1M	2
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 1997 → Jun 1999	$1M	1

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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): 5
Observed power (24 mo): 1
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

19.0 yr

Average age

2007

Newest model yr

2007

Oldest model yr

100.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 1 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

LA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Louisiana: 1 inspections

Home base

JEFFERSON, LA

505 RIVER ROAD

Most inspections: LA

1 inspections

LA 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

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@yahoo. com — 26 carriers: USDOT 1118826 USDOT 1371622 USDOT 1503963 USDOT 1559880 USDOT 1606256 USDOT 1610284 USDOT 1855599 USDOT 1887352

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

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 505 RIVER ROAD, JEFFERSON, LA, 70121
Mailing address: P O BOX 768, JEFFERSON, LA, 70004
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (504) 837-1999
Fax: (504) 833-4104
Email: mardi_gras_towing@yahoo. com
Web domain: yahoo. com

Registration

Officer: Gilbert J Simonson
USDOT / docket: 701759 · MC-324688
First registered: Aug 14, 1997
Last MCS-150: Oct 27, 2026 · 163,259 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Conditional · Feb 23, 2013
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

163,259

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

Oct 28, 2026Authority history changeMotor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
Oct 28, 2026Authority history changeMotor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
Oct 28, 2026Carrier record changeActive · Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
Oct 28, 2026Authority revocation / suspensionNotice Of Operating Authority Voluntary Suspension

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vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

0 of 1 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

0violation records

0OOS-tagged records

0 of 1inspections 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.

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 / 1

n/aMay 25 to Nov 250 / 0

n/aNov 25 to May 260 / 0

n/aMay 26 to Nov 260 / 0

Safety and violations

Violation data is not available for this carrier right now.

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

MARDI GRAS WRECKER SERVICE INC (USDOT 701759) 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 contract 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 AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jan 17, 2026 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 1 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 1 vehicle-level and 0 driver-level — across 1 state, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes 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 5 power units and 14 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 27, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Conditional assigned Feb 23, 2013 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is MARDI GRAS WRECKER SERVICE INC's USDOT number?

MARDI GRAS WRECKER SERVICE INC's USDOT number is 701759, and its motor carrier number is MC-324688.

Is MARDI GRAS WRECKER SERVICE INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. MARDI GRAS WRECKER SERVICE INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is MARDI GRAS WRECKER SERVICE INC's safety record?

MARDI GRAS WRECKER SERVICE INC has a 0.0% 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 "Conditional" safety rating. Vektor does not assign this carrier a safety score: 1 federal roadside inspection 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.