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PORTAGE TOWING INC

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Company CheckPORTAGE TOWING INC · DOT 3389176

5655 OLD PORTER RD, PORTAGE, IN, 46368-1137

DOT# 3389176 MC# 1142135 Portage, Indiana 5 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Sep 30, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Sep 30, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.
Oct 2, 2024
REINSTATED MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER.
Sep 23, 2024
REVOKED MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER.
Aug 8, 2024
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).

Insurance 1

Sep 27, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address5655 OLD PORTER RD, PORTAGE, IN, 46368-1137

Mailing Address5655 OLD PORTER RD, PORTAGE, IN, 46368-1137

Other Companies at This Address

Address5655 OLD PORTER RD, PORTAGE, IN 46368-1137

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Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
PORTAGE TOWING INC this company	3389176	Sign in	Active
EQUITABLE SERVICES INC	3316377	Sign in	Inactive

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1142135

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating5 years

Company Overview

PORTAGE TOWING INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Portage, Indiana. The company has been in operation for 5 years, registered with the FMCSA on 01/30/2020. The fleet consists of 3 power units and 3 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 7,893 miles (2024). With zero crashes across 1 inspections, PORTAGE TOWING INC maintains an excellent safety record. Both driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are below the national average, indicating strong compliance. Insurance coverage of $1,000,000 is on file through AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, PORTAGE TOWING INC has a Trust Score of 100/100 (Excellent).

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 1 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

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 Mileage7,893 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

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

Effective09/27/2025

CompanyAMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #K2GP634513

Last checked07/11/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet3 units

Drivers3

Mileage7,893 mi

Operating5 years

MCS-15009/2025

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

1 · 0 OOS -

Crashes

No crashes on record.

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

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Aug 2024, 1 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean, no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

2 roadside violations across 1 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Unsafe Driving 1 violation · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 1 violation · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (1)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/08/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	LA PORTE IN	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections1

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA941556334	$1,000,000	10/19/2020	11/29/2021	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP531494	$1,000,000	09/27/2024	09/27/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP426571	$1,000,000	09/15/2023	09/15/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP321484	$1,000,000	09/15/2022	09/15/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA941556334	$1,000,000	08/24/2022	09/15/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA941556334	$1,000,000	08/24/2022	10/21/2022	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1142135	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	10/23/2020	REVOKED	11/29/2021
MC1142135	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	10/02/2024	-	-
MC1142135	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/02/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/30/2025
MC1142135	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	08/26/2022	REVOKED	09/23/2024

No revocation records.

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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.

PORTAGE TOWING INC

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Operating Authorities

Company Overview

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (1)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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