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Company CheckFAT CAT RECOVERY LLC · DOT 3529520

DBA: 5S EXPRESS

1361 CR 203 UNIT C, POST, TX, 79356

DOT# 3529520 MC# 47699 Post, Texas 4 years

FREIGHT FORWARDER & CARRIER

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Jul 14, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Jul 14, 2025
REVOKED MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER.
May 23, 2025
Roadside inspection, 5 violations (no OOS).
Mar 17, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Oct 9, 2024
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Oct 8, 2024
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address1361 CR 203 UNIT C, POST, TX, 79356

Mailing AddressPO BOX 874, POST, TX, 79356

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationC - Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)

DocketFF047699

CommonNot Active

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

DocketMC1322182

CommonNot Active

ContractInactive

BrokerNot Active

Operating4 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 1.4 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 16.6 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage681,715 miles

Mileage Year2025

VMT SourceActual

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS20.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS60.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeFreight Forwarder & Carrier

Fleet3 units

Drivers3

Mileage681,715 mi

Operating4 years

MCS-15006/2022

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total5

Out of Service1

OOS Rate20.0%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total5

Out of Service3

OOS Rate60.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

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

2023

4 · 3 OOS -

2024

7 · 6 OOS ▲

2025

2 · 1 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

0 crashes ▼

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 May 2025, 4 inspections, 3 resulted in out-of-service (75% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
04/09/2024	NOT LISTED	TX	0	0	1	1	Clear	Dry	Dusk

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

22 roadside violations across 4 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

Vehicle Maintenance 19 violations · 2 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 1 violation · 1 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 (13)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/23/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	271M IH20 WB SVC RD	5	0	0	0	5	0	-	▲Detail
03/17/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	SH 180 MM 388	13	1	0	0	13	1	-	▲Detail
10/09/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	TX86 / CR3	2	1	1	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
10/08/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	107 AVENUE A	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
07/22/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH20 LORAINE SCALE	11	3	0	0	11	3	-	▲Detail
06/04/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	412 TX575 SPUR	11	1	0	0	11	1	-	▲Detail
05/02/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	SH163 NB	15	3	0	0	15	3	-	▲Detail
02/15/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	TX46 SPUR SB AT TX46	4	1	3	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/11/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	1901 US180 EB	6	0	1	0	5	0	-	▲Detail
09/25/2023	TX	Full (Level I)	LAT:31 34' 44.34N	11	3	0	0	11	3	-	▲Detail
08/10/2023	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 385 MP 344	5	1	0	0	5	1	-	▲Detail
08/01/2023	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US84 WB	4	2	0	0	4	2	-	▲Detail
07/25/2023	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US385	3	0	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections5

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 5 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	BE20172105-02	$750,000	07/08/2024	07/08/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	BE20172105-01	$750,000	07/08/2023	07/08/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	BE20172105-00	$750,000	07/08/2022	07/08/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	NTKS000082-00	$750,000	07/08/2021	07/08/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	KNIGHT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	NTKS0000081-00	$750,000	07/08/2021	07/08/2022	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1322182	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	11/10/2021	REVOKED	07/14/2025
MC1322182	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/12/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/10/2023
MC1322182	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/11/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/05/2024
FF047699	PROPERTY FREIGHT FORWARDER	DISMISSED	05/13/2021	-	-

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77/100

Good

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 77

−10

Starts at 100−23 totalFinal 77

MCS-150 update overdue−10

Driver out-of-service rate above national average−5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)−3

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

Active for-hire authority on file, FMCSA requires insurance to keep it active.

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).

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 20% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 60% vs national avg 20.72%.

-3

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)

Authority granted about 4 years ago.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 20% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 60% vs national avg 20.72%.

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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SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Safety Summary

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (13)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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