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MICHAEL HUNTER

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Company CheckMICHAEL HUNTER · DOT 2170206

DBA: EPITOME TRANSPORTATION

170 PENNY ROAD, FOREST PARK, GA, 30297

DOT# 2170206 MC# 749179 Forest Park, Georgia 15 years

CARRIER Physical address changed · Aug 19, 2026

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3

Power Units

1

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

0

Inspections

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Public record

1 events tracked · latest Aug 19, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 1

Aug 19, 2026
Mailing address changed in FMCSA records.

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Company Information

Legal NameMICHAEL HUNTER

DBA NameEPITOME TRANSPORTATION

DOT Number2170206

MC Number749179

Entity TypeCarrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationForest Park, Georgia

Added07/06/2011

MCS-15006/05/2023

Contact Details

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Physical Address170 PENNY ROAD, FOREST PARK, GA, 30297

Mailing Address1125 FRED DRIVE, MORROW, GA, 30260

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationC - Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)

DocketMC749179

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating15 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

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.

Drivers

1

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

1

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

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

Effective11/22/2023

CompanyCANAL INSURANCE CO.

Policy #CT877718001

Last checked09/12/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet3 units

Drivers1

Operating15 years

MCS-15006/2023

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Vehicle Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Out of Service Orders (1)

OOS Date	Reason	Status	Rescind Date
2013-09-24	New Entrant Revoked - Expedited Actions	ACTIVE	2013-10-30

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS041407	$300,000	12/17/2014	12/16/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS070782	$1,000,000	12/16/2016	12/16/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS070782	$1,000,000	12/16/2016	12/01/2017	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS058800	$1,000,000	12/16/2015	03/18/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS058800	$1,000,000	12/16/2015	04/20/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI	CA 8196972	$1,000,000	12/12/2019	01/15/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI	CA 6363447	$1,000,000	12/01/2017	07/25/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	877718001	$1,000,000	11/22/2022	11/22/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS023915	$750,000	11/21/2013	07/17/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI	CA 8318771	$1,000,000	11/10/2011	08/06/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI	CA08196972	$1,000,000	10/26/2022	11/22/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI	CA8196972	$1,000,000	09/20/2018	12/12/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI	CA 7992442	$1,000,000	08/19/2011	10/17/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI	CA 8318771	$1,000,000	08/06/2012	03/08/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS023915	$750,000	07/18/2013	11/25/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS023915	$750,000	07/18/2013	11/21/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI	CA8196972	$1,000,000	06/16/2021	06/16/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI	CA08196972	$1,000,000	06/16/2021	10/26/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI	CA 2235582	$300,000	05/29/2013	07/14/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI	CA 7992442	$1,000,000	05/19/2011	08/19/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS058800	$1,000,000	03/18/2016	12/16/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI	CA 8318771	$1,000,000	03/08/2013	05/11/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI	CA 8196972	$1,000,000	01/15/2020	06/16/2021	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC749179	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/19/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/23/2019
MC749179	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/23/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/14/2016
MC749179	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/20/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/05/2017
MC749179	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/19/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/16/2015
MC749179	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	11/15/2011	REVOKED	05/20/2013
MC749179	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/29/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/22/2013
MC749179	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	10/05/2018	-	-
MC749179	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/29/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/04/2022
MC749179	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/25/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/01/2011
MC749179	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/10/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/20/2012
MC749179	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	06/25/2013	REVOKED	07/23/2014
MC749179	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/25/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/19/2013
MC749179	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	06/08/2011	REVOKED	10/24/2011
MC749179	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/11/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/12/2013
MC749179	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	01/09/2015	REVOKED	07/31/2018

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90/100

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, from 100 to 90

90

−10

Starts at 100−10 totalFinal 90

MCS-150 update overdue−10

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

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

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.

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