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Company CheckGRIFFIN EMPIRE TOWING LLC · DOT 2409350

11 ECHOLS AVE, SAVANNAH, GA, 31406

DOT# 2409350 MC# 829105 Savannah, Georgia 13 years

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2

Power Units

1

Drivers

1

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

0

Inspections

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Public record

2 events tracked · latest Jul 5, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 1

Oct 4, 2024
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 1

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

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

Company Information

Legal NameGRIFFIN EMPIRE TOWING LLC

DOT Number2409350

MC Number829105

Entity TypeCarrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationSavannah, Georgia

Added05/28/2013

MCS-15003/18/2026

Contact Details

Phone(912) 238-0800

Fax(912) 238-0808

Email[email protected]

Physical Address11 ECHOLS AVE, SAVANNAH, GA, 31406

Mailing Address11 ECHOLS AVE, SAVANNAH, GA, 31406

Other Companies at This Address

Address11 ECHOLS AVE, SAVANNAH, GA 31406

1

Others here

2

Distinct phones

2

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
GRIFFIN EMPIRE TOWING LLC this company	2409350	(912) 238-0800	Active
JACKSON BROTHERS TRANSPORT LLC	4224667	(912) 236-0631	Active

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 TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC829105

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating13 years

Company Overview

GRIFFIN EMPIRE TOWING LLC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Savannah, Georgia. The company has been in operation for 13 years, registered with the FMCSA on 05/28/2013. The fleet consists of 2 power units and 1 driver. Annual mileage is reported at 1,500 miles (2025). 1 crash has been reported with no fatalities. 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, GRIFFIN EMPIRE TOWING LLC has a Trust Score of 92/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For HirePrivate (Property)

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.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1,500 miles

Mileage Year2025

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

1

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

1

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 OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/29/2026

CompanyAMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #K2GP634221

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers1

Mileage1,500 mi

Operating13 years

MCS-15003/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

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

2023

1 · 0 OOS -

2024

0 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

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

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
10/04/2024	SAVANNAH	GA	0	0	1	2	Rain	Other/Unknown	Daylight

Inspection Records (1)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/29/2023	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HIGH CRASH CORRIDOR	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	TRISURA INSURANCE COMPANY	149 TTS GA 100501-00	$1,000,000	11/12/2024	02/05/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP322258	$1,000,000	11/10/2022	03/13/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP112048	$1,000,000	11/10/2020	03/14/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP112048	$1,000,000	11/10/2020	03/12/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP007913	$1,000,000	11/10/2019	03/10/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP007913	$1,000,000	11/10/2019	04/07/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP904167	$1,000,000	11/10/2018	07/10/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP904167	$1,000,000	11/10/2018	06/05/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP800883	$1,000,000	11/10/2017	05/10/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP800883	$1,000,000	11/10/2017	04/06/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	PTOWK008893-00	$1,000,000	11/10/2016	01/09/2017	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	PTOWK008893-00	$1,000,000	11/10/2016	02/09/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP216413	$1,000,000	10/19/2021	03/14/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP216413	$1,000,000	10/19/2021	03/02/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	73TRR224088	$1,000,000	10/09/2015	01/06/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP322258	$1,000,000	10/08/2023	12/15/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP216413	$1,000,000	10/04/2022	11/10/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP007913	$1,000,000	08/24/2020	11/10/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP322258	$1,000,000	08/12/2023	10/08/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP007913	$1,000,000	07/17/2020	08/24/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP007913	$1,000,000	07/17/2020	09/12/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP322258	$1,000,000	07/09/2023	08/12/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP904167	$1,000,000	06/05/2019	11/10/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI	CA 2213629	$750,000	05/29/2013	10/18/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP007913	$1,000,000	05/22/2020	07/17/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP007913	$1,000,000	05/22/2020	08/15/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP216413	$1,000,000	05/17/2022	10/17/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP216413	$1,000,000	05/17/2022	10/04/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP322258	$1,000,000	05/13/2023	07/09/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	PTOWK008893-00	$1,000,000	05/10/2017	11/06/2017	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	PTOWK008893-00	$1,000,000	05/10/2017	11/10/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP007913	$1,000,000	04/09/2020	05/26/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP007913	$1,000,000	04/09/2020	05/22/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP800883	$1,000,000	04/06/2018	11/10/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP322258	$1,000,000	03/13/2023	05/13/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP112048	$1,000,000	03/12/2021	10/19/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP007913	$1,000,000	03/10/2020	05/10/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP007913	$1,000,000	03/10/2020	04/09/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP216413	$1,000,000	03/02/2022	05/21/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP216413	$1,000,000	03/02/2022	05/17/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI	CA993506251	$750,000	02/22/2025	08/12/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MOUNTAIN INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHI	CA993506251	$750,000	02/22/2025	02/22/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	PTOWK008893-00	$1,000,000	01/09/2017	05/10/2017	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	PTOWK008893-00	$1,000,000	01/09/2017	06/08/2017	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC829105	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	11/17/2016	REVOKED	11/06/2017
MC829105	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	11/16/2017	REVOKED	10/25/2021
MC829105	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	10/29/2015	REVOKED	01/12/2016
MC829105	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/15/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/12/2019
MC829105	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/15/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/13/2018
MC829105	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/14/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/14/2022
MC829105	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/14/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/12/2020
MC829105	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/20/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/05/2022
MC829105	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/11/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/12/2023
MC829105	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	08/29/2025	-	-
MC829105	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/17/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/25/2020
MC829105	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/17/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/16/2023
MC829105	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	06/14/2013	REVOKED	10/28/2013
MC829105	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/12/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/15/2023
MC829105	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/29/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/26/2020
MC829105	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/25/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/18/2022
MC829105	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/17/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/28/2023
MC829105	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/01/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/03/2022
MC829105	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	03/01/2022	REVOKED	12/26/2023
MC829105	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/16/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/15/2021
MC829105	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/14/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/14/2023

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

92

−8

Starts at 100−8 totalFinal 92

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−8

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

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 6/29/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-8

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 2 vehicles (~0.5 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−8 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 2 vehicles (~0.5 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

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.