BILL'S TOWING INC

DOT# 519196 MC# 1817180 Saint Charles, MN Authorized For-Hire
(507) 932-5254 bills.towing@yahoo.com 602 W 6th St, Saint Charles MN 55972
6 tractors · all owned 3 drivers
HazMat
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
33 yrs history · 3 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
6
Drivers · CDL
3 · 3
Annual miles
64k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 6 0 0 6
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Organization
PARTNERSHIP
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (03-18-2005) · 21 yr old
Registered
04-09-1993 (33 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-10-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
WILLIAM GOETZ

Cargo

72.2
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Other: WRECKED CARS
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away

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 (pu6_9) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

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).

Not enough record to grade yet.

3 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 6–9 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

80% likely range 0.44×–2.49×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.2

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

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Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (6 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 0.2 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Out-of-service orders 1.72×, violations 1.56× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.31× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +11%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

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.

  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Jul 2026).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Little roadside history
    Only 3 inspections in 24 months for 6 power units; the record says little either way.
    Ask: confirm the fleet is operating at the filed size.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
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.
  • 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, Oct 2025 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
3
33% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
—
no inspections
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
33.3%
1 of 3
National avg 6.7%
Violations
3
1 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 6,610 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.083 0.032
Inspections 0.25 1.10
Violations 0.25 1.04
Critical violations 0.17 0.21

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

What they get cited for

3 violations · 24 months
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Vehicle maintenance 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
  • Dec
    11
    2025
    Minnesota
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

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)
No liability filing on FMCSA's record through May 14, 2026.
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record

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
  • Minnesota (HQ) 2
  • South Dakota 1