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JOSEPH R MARTIN

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Company CheckJOSEPH R MARTIN · DOT 2056065

DBA: BRATTLEBORO TOWING AND RECOVERY

1451 COOLIDGE HWY, GUILFORD, VT, 05301

DOT# 2056065 MC# 719720 Guilford, Vermont 15 years

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3

Power Units

4

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

1

Inspections

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Company Information

Legal NameJOSEPH R MARTIN

DBA NameBRATTLEBORO TOWING AND RECOVERY

DOT Number2056065

MC Number719720

Entity TypeCarrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationGuilford, Vermont

Added07/15/2010

MCS-15009/18/2024

Contact Details

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Physical Address1451 COOLIDGE HWY, GUILFORD, VT, 05301

Mailing Address17 OLD FARM ROAD, VERNON, VT, 05354

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC719720

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating15 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For HirePrivate (Property)

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage110,000 miles

Mileage Year2021

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

4

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

4

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatYes

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective08/17/2025

CompanyAMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #K2GP634214

Last checked07/23/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet3 units

Drivers4

Mileage110,000 mi

Operating15 years

MCS-15009/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total1

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2024

2 · 1 OOS -

Crashes

No crashes on record.

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Inspection Records (2)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/21/2024	MA	Driver-Only (Level III)	H-GREENFIELD	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
02/26/2024	MA	Walk-Around (Level II)	H-HATFIELD	3	1	1	1	2	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections1

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP111095	$1,000,000	12/22/2020	08/17/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP215370	$1,000,000	10/21/2021	08/18/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP215370	$1,000,000	10/21/2021	08/17/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	REDLAND INSURANCE CO.	R0010 710 482	$750,000	08/30/2010	01/21/2011	Cancelled
34	CARGO	REDLAND INSURANCE CO.	R0010 710 482	$0	08/30/2010	01/21/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP531021	$1,000,000	08/17/2024	08/17/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP426045	$1,000,000	08/17/2023	08/17/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP320997	$1,000,000	08/17/2022	08/17/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP215370	$1,000,000	08/17/2021	11/18/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP215370	$1,000,000	08/17/2021	10/21/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP111095	$1,000,000	08/17/2020	01/09/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP111095	$1,000,000	08/17/2020	12/22/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	OHIO SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY	BAS55936324	$750,000	01/21/2014	08/17/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	TOW 4410880-00	$1,000,000	01/21/2013	01/21/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	TOW 4410380-00	$1,000,000	01/21/2013	01/21/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	STAR INSURANCE COMPANY	CA0703707	$1,000,000	01/21/2012	01/21/2013	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	TOW 4410326-00	$0	01/21/2011	02/24/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	TOW 4410326-00	$750,000	01/21/2011	02/24/2012	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC719720	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/27/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/21/2011
MC719720	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/27/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/21/2011
MC719720	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/26/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/27/2014
MC719720	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/26/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/27/2014
MC719720	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/14/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/23/2020
MC719720	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/14/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/23/2020
MC719720	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	09/03/2010	REVOKED	03/05/2012
MC719720	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	09/03/2010	REVOKED	03/05/2012
MC719720	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/22/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/12/2024
MC719720	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/22/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/12/2024
MC719720	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/22/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/12/2022
MC719720	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/22/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/12/2022
MC719720	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/21/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/19/2025
MC719720	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/21/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/19/2025
MC719720	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/21/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/18/2021
MC719720	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/21/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/18/2021
MC719720	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	04/06/2012	REVOKED	01/28/2013
MC719720	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	04/06/2012	REVOKED	01/28/2013
MC719720	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	02/11/2013	-	-
MC719720	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	02/11/2013	-	-

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100/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown

100, no deductions

Clean record, the bar stays full at 100.

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

Clean record, no deductions. This carrier starts and stays at 100.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.