AUTO & EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS INC

DOT# 1722012 MC# 820462 Newport, MI Authorized For-Hire
(734) 637-4906 towguy357@att.net 5106 N Dixie Hwy Ste, Newport MI 48166
4 power units · all owned 2 drivers 50k mi/yr · ~12k per unit
HazMat
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
18 yrs history · 0 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
4
Drivers · CDL
2 · 2
Annual miles
50k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 4 0 0 4
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
01-02-2008 (18 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
02-27-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
CHONTELL SIMS

Cargo

67.3
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, General Freight

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu2_5) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Not enough record to grade yet.

No inspections and 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 2–5 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.5× as often as the median active fleet of 2–5 trucks.

80% likely range 0.23×–2.61×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.1 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
Most likely none
This motor carrier
0.1
Similar fleets
0.1

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-3 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

Ask
Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (4 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.1 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
No roadside record. No inspections in the scoring window, so roadside results leave its estimate at typical.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
Data flags
  • Limited inspection history
    Fewer than 5 roadside inspections on record, so there isn't enough data to score this motor carrier with high confidence — the score leans more on peers.

Track record

FMCSA record, last 24 months · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
0
roadside inspections
Vehicle out-of-service
—
no inspections
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
—
no inspections
National avg 6.7%
Violations
0
0 out-of-service
vs 70,135 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.039
Inspections 0.12 1.41
Violations 0.00 1.44
Critical violations 0.00 0.26

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

0 violations · 24 months

No violations on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Oct
    31
    2024
    Michigan
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$1,000,000 · FREMONT INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since May 29, 2023 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since May 2013
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY → FREMONT INSURANCE COMPANY (May 2023)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since May 20, 2020)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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