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SOUTHWEST BODY & TOWING INC

DOT# 607999 MC# 486529 Artesia, NM Authorized For-Hire
(575) 748-3223 southwest1523@hotmail.com 1523 S 1st Street, Artesia NM 88210
6 power units · all owned 4 drivers
HazMat
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
31 yrs history · 5 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
6
Drivers · CDL
4 · 3
Annual miles
109k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 3 0 0 3
Tractors 3 0 0 3
Trailers 3 0 0 3

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Cargo Operation
Interstate
Scope
Interstate (Beyond 100 miles)
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (01-07-2026)
Registered
07-14-1995 (31 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
11-21-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
MARGARITO ALVARADO

Cargo

72.1
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Mobile Homes General Freight Other: SALT & PIPE
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, Mobile Homes, 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 (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.

5 inspections and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one. It leans better than similar fleets (about a 60% chance), but not by enough to grade.

Similar fleets: interstate 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 0.24×–1.87×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.2

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-6 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
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.2 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Violations 2.70× and out-of-service orders 1.67× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +13%: 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 (Sep 2024).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 6 of 15 violations (40%). Light or brake defects led to 1 out-of-service order.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
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.
  • 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, Sep 2024 – Jan 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
5
0% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
40.0%
2 of 5
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
25.0%
1 of 4
National avg 6.7%
Violations
15
4 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 6–9 trucks in New Mexico (about 4 in 24 months would be typical; 27% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q1 '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 4,754 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.039
Inspections 0.50 1.38
Violations 1.25 1.31
Critical violations 0.17 0.27

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

What they get cited for

15 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    13 · 3 OOS
    Lights 6 · Brakes 1 · Tires 1 · Other parts 5
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    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 Nov 7, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Amguard Insurance Co; 21873; 42390
on record since Mar 11, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Mar 2004
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 7, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • 3 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 3 took effect (the last Mar 11, 2026, replaced the same day)
  • No liability filing on FMCSA's file since Oct 27, 2026 (11 days through Nov 7, 2026) while the authority required one
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 3

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jun 22, 1999)

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
  • New Mexico (HQ) 3
  • Texas 2
Data sourced from FMCSA. The FRED Score is an analytical opinion and is not an FMCSA safety rating. Unless a motor carrier has received an Unsatisfactory safety rating under 49 CFR Part 385 or has otherwise been ordered to discontinue operations by FMCSA, it is authorized to operate. This information is provided for informational purposes only and should not be the sole basis for any decision. Report generated · fred-score.com/carrier/607999