Carrier profile · USDOT 450074 · MC-254561 · Updated Aug 16, 2026

Larick's Towing Inc

5 power unitsavg 1.8 yrRegional · 7 statesDENVILLE, NJ86/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-254561 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

5Power units

3 observed · MCS-150

3Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

1.8Avg age (yr)

2022–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(973) 627-1959 Email dispatchjl@laricktowing.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 16, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average66.7% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service 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 35 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1991.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo66.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo66.7%

▲ 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

5 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

1.8 yr

Model years 2022–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

35 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1991 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

7 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 66.7%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 7 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 71.1 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

7 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 5-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 5
Inspections · 24 mo: 7
Annualized: ≈4 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: Inactive

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 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

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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

$1M BIPD last filed ’26 · 16 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Progressive’06–’09

State National’14–’17

2003200920152021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 16 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC · since Feb 2026

All 16 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
DRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2025 → Feb 2026	$1M	3
CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2024 → Feb 2025	$1M	1
CUMIS INSURANCE SOCIETY INC	Jul 2022 → Jul 2022	$1M	1
OBSIDIAN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2022 → Feb 2024	$1M	1
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2021 → Jul 2022	$1M	1
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2020 → Jul 2021	$1M	2
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2018 → Jul 2020	$1M	2
GUIDEONE SPECIALTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO	Jul 2017 → Jul 2018	$1M	1
NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	Mar 2017 → Jul 2017	$1M	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Feb 2014 → Mar 2017	$1M	3
AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION	Feb 2013 → Oct 2013	$1M	3
CASTLEPOINT NATIONAL INSURANCE CO	Feb 2011 → Feb 2013	$1M	5
PRAETORIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2009 → Feb 2011	$1M	2
PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2006 → Feb 2009	$1M	1
NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2005 → Nov 2005	$1M	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2003 → Apr 2005	$1M	5

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 5
Observed power (24 mo): 3
Trailers (towed): 3

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

1.8 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2022

Oldest model yr

66.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 7 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

FL busiest

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

Home base

DENVILLE, NJ

400 MORRIS AVE

Top corridor

FL ⇄ NJ

FL 1 · CT 1 · WI 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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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 (9 trucks · 5 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2498388 USDOT 2381801 USDOT 873632 USDOT 1794491 USDOT 4114300

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@laricktowing.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 1542456

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.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 400 MORRIS AVE, DENVILLE, NJ, 07834
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (973) 627-1959
Email: jl@laricktowing.com
Web domain: laricktowing.com

Registration

Officer: John Larick
USDOT / docket: 450074 · MC-254561
First registered: Jun 21, 1991
Last MCS-150: Aug 12, 2026 · 619,630 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · May 13, 2002
D-U-N-S: 869376798

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

619,630

Annual mileage

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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.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for LARICK'S TOWING INC.

LARICK'S TOWING INC (USDOT 450074) has a Vektor safety score of 86/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 16, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 16, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC effective Feb 23, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 16, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 66.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 16, 2026.

The carrier received 7 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 3 vehicle-level and 7 driver-level — across 7 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 16, 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 16, 2026.

It reports 5 power units and 9 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 12, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned May 13, 2002 in the federal record refreshed Aug 16, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is LARICK'S TOWING INC's USDOT number?

LARICK'S TOWING INC's USDOT number is 450074, and its motor carrier number is MC-254561.

Is LARICK'S TOWING INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 16, 2026, LARICK'S TOWING INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is LARICK'S TOWING INC's safety record?

LARICK'S TOWING INC has a 66.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 21 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 86/100 (tier: clear).