Carrier profile · USDOT 345269 · MC-166298 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Joe Ballor Towing Inc

45 power unitsavg 12.9 yrRegional · 5 statesNEW HAVEN, MI82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-166298 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

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

Vehicle OOS 9.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 14.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 21 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 6.3 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

21 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 6

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
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 45-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
45
Inspections · 24 mo
21
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

24%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
88%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
5%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Oct 24, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 45 total · 5 in 24 mo

45
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20252012
20242002
20233003
20221001
20213013
20192012
20184004
20171011
20142012
20132002
20082012
20072002
20061001
20054004
20042002
20033023
20021010
19991010
19981010
19963031
19931011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 4, 2026MI01Yes
Jan 27, 2026MI00Yes
Jun 12, 2025MI00Yes
Mar 5, 2025MI01Yes
Dec 17, 2024MI00Yes
Mar 14, 2024MI00Yes
Oct 24, 2023MI00Yes
Sep 20, 2023MI00Yes
Aug 19, 2023MI00Yes
Dec 14, 2022MI00Yes
Oct 14, 2021MI01Yes
Sep 21, 2021MI00Yes
Jul 19, 2021MI00Yes
Oct 30, 2019MI02Yes
Apr 30, 2019MI00Yes
Aug 27, 2018MI00Yes
Apr 24, 2018MI00Yes
Feb 13, 2018MI00Yes
Feb 3, 2018MI00Yes
Nov 24, 2017MI02Yes
Dec 9, 2014MI01Yes
Feb 8, 2014MI00Yes
Oct 24, 2013MI00Yes
Oct 8, 2013MI00Yes
Jun 6, 2008MI00Yes