PINE TREE TOWING AND RECOVERY INC

DOT# 2149452 MC# 747474 Caldwell, OH Authorized For-Hire
(740) 439-0000 chris@pinetreetowing.com 48035 Outpost Rd, Caldwell OH 43724
28 power units 18 drivers
HazMat
Satisfactory
FRED Score 73.3 / 100
Low confidence
15 yrs history · 8 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
28
Drivers · CDL
18 · 18
Annual miles
300k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 14 4 0 18
Tractors 6 4 0 10
Trailers 10 2 0 12

Registration

Registered
05-03-2011 (15 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
01-05-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
CHRIS M. MYERS

Cargo

71.5
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Mobile Homes Machinery/Large Objects Oilfield Equipment General Freight Building Materials Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, Mobile Homes, Machinery Large, Oilfield Equipment, 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.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Expected crash rate is about 22% lower than similar fleets.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of about 28 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 0.78×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.5 vs 0.7 for similar fleets
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
0.7
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
About typical for similar fleets.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Lights and cargo securement
    Lights are 9 of 22 violations (41%). Light or cargo securement defects led to 4 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • New since the grade was set
    1 out-of-service inspection after Jul 31, 2026. Not in the grade yet.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
Data flags
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, May 2025 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Aug 1, 2025 → Jul 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
8
12% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
50.0%
3 of 6
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
12.5%
1 of 8
National avg 6.7%
Violations
22
6 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Ohio (about 27 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q3 '26
vs 737 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.028
Inspections 0.29 0.77
Violations 0.39 0.45
Critical violations 0.02 0.10

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 20–49 power units, high-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

22 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    18 · 5 OOS
    Lights 9 · Cargo securement 3 · Brakes 1 · Other parts 5
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 1 · Speeding 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    2 · 1 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 1 · No log 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company
on record since Mar 18, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since May 2011
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO. → Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company (Mar 2026)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since May 24, 2011)

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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Inspections by state
  • Maryland 3
  • West Virginia 2
  • Indiana 1
  • Michigan 1
  • Ohio (HQ) 1