Carrier profile · USDOT 173584 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

The Townsend Company LLC

DBA TOWNSEND TREE SERVICE MCCALLISTER UTILITIES LANDSCAPES UNLIMITED ACCENT LANDSCAPES

857 power unitsavg 7 yrMulti-region · 8 statesMUNCIE, IN68/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkstownsendcompanyllc.comFMCSA SAFER

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 36.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 19 vehicle and 37 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 40.6 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

37 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 7

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
≈0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 857-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
857
Inspections · 24 mo
37
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
.02measure
SMS · per-BASIC
44%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
40%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
83%
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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 8 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 28, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 172 total · 17 in 24 mo

172
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
7
Fatal
55
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267036
20258137
20246016
20235015
20225025
20216126
20209029
20197026
20186016
20177007
20165005
20155005
20144033
2013120411
20122012
20116006
20105105
20094144
20086136
20079049
20067037
20055125
20044024
20035034
20026035
20011111
20002002
19991001
19987025
19964014
19951011
19942002
19931011
19922002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 11, 2026LA01No
Jun 8, 2026KY00Yes
May 27, 2026AR03Yes
May 19, 2026IN00Yes
Apr 28, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 13, 2026AR00Yes
Feb 4, 2026GA01Yes
Dec 29, 2025OH00Yes
Dec 18, 2025KY00Yes
Dec 2, 2025NC03No
Nov 21, 2025KY00Yes
Nov 13, 2025MI13Yes
Oct 13, 2025GA00Yes
May 15, 2025OH00Yes
Mar 4, 2025GA02Yes
Dec 12, 2024PA00Yes
Aug 26, 2024IN00Yes
Aug 6, 2024IN00Yes
Jun 18, 2024GA00Yes
Mar 14, 2024GA02Yes
Feb 15, 2024KY00Yes
Sep 8, 2023PA00Yes
Jul 25, 2023IN01Yes
Apr 24, 2023MO00Yes
Feb 23, 2023IN00Yes