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Company CheckJOE'S TRUCK & AUTO LLC · DOT 884757

DBA: JOE'S TOWING

2581 LANCASTER HWY, CHESTER, SC, 29706

DOT# 884757 MC# 385999 Chester, South Carolina 26 years

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Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest Sep 9, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Dec 30, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Nov 13, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Nov 13, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Nov 13, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Feb 20, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address2581 LANCASTER HWY, CHESTER, SC, 29706

Mailing Address2581 LANCASTER HWY, CHESTER, SC, 29706

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC385999

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating26 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 1.81 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 2.18 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

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)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS14.3% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS14.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/22/2026

CompanyILLINOIS NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.

Policy #06-CA-060783917-0

Last checked09/09/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet4 units

Drivers4

Operating26 years

MCS-15011/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total7

Out of Service1

OOS Rate14.3%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total7

Out of Service1

OOS Rate14.3%

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

2023

5 · 1 OOS -

2024

3 · 0 OOS ▼

2025

4 · 2 OOS ▲

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

0 crashes =

2025

1 crash ▲

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 Dec 2025, 7 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (28.6% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 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
02/20/2025	RICHBURG	SC	0	0	1	2	-	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

7 roadside violations across 7 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 · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 1 violation · 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 (12)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
12/30/2025	SC	Full (Level I)	CHESTER SC	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/13/2025	SC	Full (Level I)	FORT LAWN SC	4	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
11/13/2025	SC	Full (Level I)	FORT LAWN SC	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/13/2025	SC	Full (Level I)	FORT LAWN SC	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/14/2024	SC	Full (Level I)	FORT LAWN SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/14/2024	SC	Full (Level I)	FORT LAWN SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/14/2024	SC	Full (Level I)	FORT LAWN SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/30/2023	SC	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-77 NB ROADSIDE	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/28/2023	SC	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-77 NB ROADSIDE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/15/2023	SC	Full (Level I)	SC 9 CHESTER COUNTY	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/15/2023	SC	Full (Level I)	SC 9 CHESTER COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/15/2023	SC	Full (Level I)	SC 9 CHESTER COUNTY	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections7

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	PTOWK004467-02	$1,000,000	05/22/2015	04/20/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA INSURANCE COMPANY	149 TTS SC 100129-00	$1,000,000	04/20/2023	04/03/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACCREDITED SURETY AND CASUALTY COMPANY, INC.	1 TTS SC 19 01256973-02	$1,000,000	04/20/2022	04/20/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACCREDITED SURETY AND CASUALTY COMPANY, INC.	1TTSSC1901256973-00	$750,000	04/20/2020	04/20/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACCREDITED SURETY AND CASUALTY COMPANY, INC.	1TTSSC1901256973-00	$1,000,000	04/20/2020	05/22/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACCREDITED SURETY AND CASUALTY COMPANY, INC.	1TTSSC1901256973-00	$1,000,000	04/20/2020	04/20/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	FIRST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AM	25 CC 403323 10	$750,000	04/20/2018	04/20/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	PTOWK009854-00	$1,000,000	04/20/2017	04/20/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	XNDA-02053-00	$1,000,000	04/20/2016	04/20/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	PTOWK004467-02	$1,000,000	04/20/2015	05/22/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	PTOWK004467-01	$1,000,000	04/20/2014	04/20/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	PTOWK004467-00	$1,000,000	04/20/2013	04/20/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NOVA CASUALTY COMPANY	TIP-CL-0010339-1	$1,000,000	04/20/2012	04/20/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NOVA CASUALTY COMPANY	TIP-CL-0010339-0	$1,000,000	04/20/2011	04/20/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	TIP-002301-A	$1,000,000	04/20/2010	04/20/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	TIP-002301	$1,000,000	04/20/2009	04/20/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	7400000289-081	$1,000,000	04/20/2008	05/18/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	7400000289-081	$1,000,000	04/20/2008	04/20/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	7400000289-081	$750,000	04/20/2008	04/20/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	LTP101167-04	$750,000	04/20/2007	04/20/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	LTP101167-03	$1,000,000	04/20/2006	04/20/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	LTP101167-02	$1,000,000	04/20/2005	04/20/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	LTP101167-01	$1,000,000	04/20/2004	04/02/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	LTP101167	$1,000,000	04/20/2003	04/20/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.	226717207	$750,000	04/20/2002	04/20/2003	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.	226717207	$750,000	04/20/2002	05/21/2003	Cancelled
91	BIPD	TRANSCONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	223730155	$0	04/20/2001	05/22/2002	Cancelled
91	BIPD	TRANSCONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	223730155	$0	04/20/2001	04/20/2002	Replaced
91	BIPD	TRANSCONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	223730155	$0	04/20/2001	06/04/2001	Cancelled
91	BIPD	TRANSCONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	223730155	$0	04/20/2000	04/20/2001	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	CPO1625435	$1,000,000	04/03/2024	04/03/2025	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC385999	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	10/16/2001	REVOKED	04/26/2004
MC385999	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/03/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/22/2023
MC385999	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	08/08/2000	REVOKED	08/20/2001
MC385999	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	07/17/2017	REVOKED	04/27/2020
MC385999	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	06/02/2005	REVOKED	06/01/2015
MC385999	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	05/28/2020	-	-
MC385999	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	05/12/2004	REVOKED	04/11/2005
MC385999	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/25/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/26/2022
MC385999	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/26/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/23/2018
MC385999	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/26/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/23/2012
MC385999	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/26/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/16/2007
MC385999	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/25/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/23/2013
MC385999	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/24/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/17/2023
MC385999	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/24/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/22/2015
MC385999	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/24/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/21/2014
MC385999	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/24/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/21/2011
MC385999	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/24/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/22/2010
MC385999	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/24/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/22/2009
MC385999	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/24/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/21/2008
MC385999	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/24/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/21/2006

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91/100

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 91

Starts at 100−9 totalFinal 91

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

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−4

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

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 14.2857% vs national avg 5.51%.

-4

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 4 vehicles (~0.25 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−4 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 4 vehicles (~0.25 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 14.2857% 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)	−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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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (12)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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