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PINES TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC

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9711 STEPHEN DECATUR HWY, OCEAN CITY, MD, 21842

DOT# 4334494 MC# 1692722 Ocean City, Maryland

MOTOR CARRIER

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

On file

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest May 3, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 6

May 3, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 1, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jan 27, 2026
Roadside inspection, 4 out-of-service violations.
Jan 12, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jan 23, 2025
DISMISSED MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER.
Dec 13, 2024
Registered with FMCSA.

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

Contact Details

Phone(443) 880-3655

Email[email protected]

Physical Address9711 STEPHEN DECATUR HWY, OCEAN CITY, MD, 21842

Mailing Address5 SASSAFRAS LN, BERLIN, MD, 21811-1684

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier Operation

DocketMC1692722

CommonNot Active

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Company Overview

PINES TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC is a FMCSA-validated motor carrier based in Ocean City, Maryland. The fleet consists of 1 power unit and 1 driver. With zero crashes across 12 inspections, PINES TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC maintains an excellent safety record. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, PINES TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC has a Trust Score of 92/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

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 OOS16.7% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS16.7% avg 20.7%

Insurance

AmountOn file

Type-

Effective-

Company-

Policy #-

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeMotor Carrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

MCS-15004/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total6

Out of Service1

OOS Rate16.7%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total6

Out of Service1

OOS Rate16.7%

National Avg20.7%

Below 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

2025

2 · 0 OOS —

2026

4 · 2 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 May 2026 — 6 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (33.3% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 4 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

9 roadside violations across 6 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 5 violations · 4 OOS

Unsafe Driving 3 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 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 (6)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/03/2026	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	CAMBRIDGE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
05/01/2026 ▼	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	VIENNA MD	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLTCD — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
01/27/2026 ▼	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BISHOPVILLE MD	5	4	0	0	5	4	-
Violations (5) 393.17B2-LTSDM — CFR 393.17B2-LTSDM OOS 393.17B2-LTSDM — CFR 393.17B2-LTSDM OOS 393.17A1-LSLDMWR — CFR 393.17A1-LSLDMWR OOS 393.71H10-CDDSDNS — CFR 393.71H10-CDDSDNS OOS 393.17B2-LRLDM — CFR 393.17B2-LRLDM Non-OOS
01/12/2026 ▼	MD	Full (Level I)	OCEAN CITY MD	3	1	3	1	0	0	-
Violations (3) 392.16-D — Texting while driving Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 391.41APC — CFR 391.41APC OOS 392.2-SLLS4 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
11/23/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	STEVENSVILLE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
05/15/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	OCEAN CITY MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1692722	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	DISMISSED	01/23/2025	-	-

No revocation records.

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92/100

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 92

Starts at 100−8 totalFinal 92

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

Operating history unknown−3

Verification — 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Operating authority N/A

Not required for private carriers — a private carrier hauls its own goods and needs no for-hire operating authority (no MC number) under FMCSA.

Insurance on file with FMCSA N/A

Not required for private carriers — a non-hazmat private carrier hauling its own goods is generally not required to file proof of insurance with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 16.6667% vs national avg 5.51%.

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

Where this company lands — risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 16.6667% vs national avg 5.51%.

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) knockout	−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.

PINES TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (6)

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