Carrier profile · USDOT 2264964 · MC-773147 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

Palmetto Diesel Towing & Recovery LLC

28 power unitsavg 12 yrRegional · 5 statesNORTH AUGUSTA, SC80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-773147 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 37.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 18.0 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 28-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
28
Inspections · 24 mo
34
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 11, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 30 total · 3 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20244033
20235045
20222002
20216016
20202012
20192022
20184013
20152002
20141011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 12, 2025GA00Yes
Jan 7, 2025SC00Yes
Dec 10, 2024FL01Yes
Jun 6, 2024SC01Yes
Feb 4, 2024GA01No
Feb 1, 2024FL00Yes
Dec 28, 2023FL00Yes
Sep 16, 2023SC01Yes
May 30, 2023FL01Yes
May 26, 2023GA02Yes
Feb 13, 2023SC01Yes
Mar 12, 2022SC00Yes
Mar 12, 2022WV00Yes
Sep 16, 2021SC00Yes
Aug 24, 2021GA00Yes
Aug 13, 2021SC00Yes
Aug 11, 2021SC00Yes
Aug 6, 2021GA01Yes
Apr 6, 2021FL00Yes
Jun 30, 2020SC01Yes
Jan 15, 2020SC00Yes
Dec 31, 2019GA01Yes
Apr 13, 2019SC01Yes
Dec 24, 2018SC00Yes
Nov 16, 2018FL00Yes