FELTS TOWING & RECOVERY INC

DOT# 2196451 MC# 762241 Bowling Green, KY Authorized For-Hire
(270) 796-9100 michelle.williams@feltsbg.com 237 N Graham St, Bowling Green KY 42101
19 power units · all owned 17 drivers 479k mi/yr · ~25k per unit
HazMat
Satisfactory
FRED Score 72.9 / 100
Low confidence
15 yrs history · 10 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
19
Drivers · CDL
17 · 13
Annual miles
479k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 9 0 0 9
Tractors 10 0 0 10
Trailers 11 0 0 11

Registration

Registered
09-27-2011 (15 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
02-24-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
JOHNNY FELTS
Officer
JIMMY ALAN FELTS

Cargo

67.3
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Building Materials Other: WRECKER SERVICE Utility Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, Machinery Large

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

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 10–19 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×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.4 vs 0.5 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.4
Similar fleets
0.5
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.5 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
About typical. Out-of-service orders, violations and unsafe-driving or hours-of-service violations are all close to the rate expected for its inspections.

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.

  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Jun 2026).
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Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
10
40% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
14.3%
1 of 7
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
10.0%
1 of 10
National avg 6.7%
Violations
9
2 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 16,659 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.031
Inspections 0.29 1.11
Violations 0.24 0.89
Critical violations 0.13 0.17

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 10–19 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

9 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    5 · 1 OOS
    Lights 3 · Wheels & hubs 1 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 2 · Speeding 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Hours of service 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 May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$1,000,000 · AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Jan 16, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Nov 2011
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 → AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Jan 2025)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Sep 15, 2016)

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
  • Kentucky (HQ) 6
  • Tennessee 3
  • Mississippi 1