Carrier profile · USDOT 657842 · MC-374993 · Updated Aug 30, 2026

Carey's Towing & Recovery Inc

8 power unitsavg 5.6 yrLocal · 1 statesLAWRENCEBURG, KY93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-374993 ACTIVEHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

8Power units

5 observed · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

5.6Avg age (yr)

2018–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(502) 839-8895 Email dispatchcareystowing@gmail.com

Click to see how we scored it

Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 30, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average33.3% vs the 22.26% national average.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 30 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1996.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo33.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo33.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

8 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.6 yr

Model years 2018–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

29 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1996 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

5 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 33.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 5 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

50.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 27.5 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 1

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 8-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 8
Inspections · 24 mo: 5
Annualized: ≈3 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

Explore full safety record — inspections, BASICs, crashes

Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 8 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Westport’01–’05

Stonington’05–’08

Navigators’09–’11

American States’14–’18

Amguard’18–’21

2001200820152022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY · since Dec 2025

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2023 → Dec 2025	$750K	2
UNITED WISCONSIN INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2021 → Dec 2023	$750K	2
AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2018 → Dec 2021	$750K	5
AMERICAN STATES INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2014 → Dec 2018	$750K	3
PLAZA INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2012 → Feb 2014	$750K	2
TOWER INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK	Dec 2011 → Jul 2012	$750K	4
NAVIGATORS INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2009 → Dec 2011	$750K	1
STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2005 → Dec 2008	$750K	11
WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	Jun 2001 → Dec 2005	$750K	19

Explore full authority & insurance record

Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 8
Observed power (24 mo): 5
Trailers (towed): 0

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.6 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2018

Oldest model yr

40.0%

VINs decoded

Explore full fleet — VIN roster, equipment mix, age distribution

Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 1 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

KY busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

LAWRENCEBURG, KY

1050 INDUSTRY RD

Top corridor

KY 5

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

See the full operating map — state density, top lanes

Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

Show all-time history (1 truck · 1 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2568205

Shares a company officer with other carriers

guy edward carey — 2 carriers: USDOT 3717735

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

Explore the carrier network & VIN cross-links

Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1050 INDUSTRY RD, LAWRENCEBURG, KY, 40342
Operation: Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (502) 839-8895
Fax: (502) 353-4741
Email: careystowing@gmail.com

Registration

Officer: Guy Edward Carey
USDOT / docket: 657842 · MC-374993
First registered: Sep 5, 1996
Last MCS-150: Jun 17, 2025 · 51,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

51,000

Annual mileage

Open the full identity & federal record

Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

Open the full federal-record activity feed

Reviews

Verified broker, shipper & driver reviews — moderated

Performance ratings only — never the Vektor risk score

No verified reviews yet

Be the first broker or shipper to rate CAREY'S TOWING & RECOVERY INC. Reviews cover performance only — on-time delivery, payment speed, communication — and never affect the Vektor risk score.

Leave a review

Open reviews

Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for CAREY'S TOWING & RECOVERY INC.

CAREY'S TOWING & RECOVERY INC (USDOT 657842) has a Vektor safety score of 93/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 30, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY effective Dec 4, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 30, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 33.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier received 5 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 3 vehicle-level and 5 driver-level — across 1 state, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 30, 2026.

It reports 8 power units and 6 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jun 17, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is CAREY'S TOWING & RECOVERY INC's USDOT number?

CAREY'S TOWING & RECOVERY INC's USDOT number is 657842, and its motor carrier number is MC-374993.

Is CAREY'S TOWING & RECOVERY INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 30, 2026, CAREY'S TOWING & RECOVERY INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is CAREY'S TOWING & RECOVERY INC's safety record?

CAREY'S TOWING & RECOVERY INC has a 33.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 11 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 93/100 (tier: clear).

How big is CAREY'S TOWING & RECOVERY INC's fleet?

CAREY'S TOWING & RECOVERY INC operates 8 power units and 6 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is CAREY'S TOWING & RECOVERY INC based?

CAREY'S TOWING & RECOVERY INC is based in LAWRENCEBURG, KY, with roadside inspections recorded across 1 state.

Similar carriers in Kentucky

Comparable carriers operating in Kentucky

Luke Carnes Trucking LLC Clear · 100Barbourville, KY · 8 power units

Diria Family Freight LLC Clear · 100Walton, KY · 8 power units

Falcon Express LLC Clear · 100Florence, KY · 8 power units

Brent Reeves Trucking Inc Clear · 100Albany, KY · 9 power units

Hutchison Trucking Inc Clear · 100Wheatcroft, KY · 9 power units

Emzie Blankenship Clear · 100Stopover, KY · 9 power units

Mountain Fuels Inc Clear · 100Dorton, KY · 9 power units

Chaparros Produce LLC Clear · 100Louisville, KY · 9 power units

More in Kentucky →Top safety in Kentucky →Veteran carriers in Kentucky →

More Kentucky carriers

Other FMCSA-registered carriers near this one in the directory, by USDOT number.

J Mullins IncClearJenkins · 5 power units Tec Transport Company IncReviewErlanger · 1 power unit Material Transporters IncReviewLouisville · 1 power unit Michael BlevinsClearElkhorn City · 1 power unit Childers Enterprises IncSomerset · 4 power units P&j Trucking IncCrittenden · 1 power unit