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MICHAEL TODD WHEELER

DBA: CHOP'S WRECKER & CRANE SERVICE

Joins 3 roadside inspections (24 mo), 1 authority docket, BIPD on file (FIREMEN'S INSURANCE CO. OF WASHINGTON DC) from FMCSA public filings. Data as of Oct 30, 2026. Booking triage is above; confirm on SAFER before tendering.

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Book with caution — review signals below

No hard OOS / revoked / uninsured blocker, but elevated risk signals need a human look before booking.

Caution
Common (Property) reinstated · Feb 28, 2017
Policy effective · Jan 10, 2024
Review these
  • Common (Property) gap · 42 days Inactive Jan 17, 2017 → reinstated Feb 28, 2017
On file
  • 1 active operating authority
  • Insurance on file · $1,000,000 FIREMEN'S INSURANCE CO. OF WASHINGTON DC · 91X Details →
  • BOC-3 process agent on file TRUCKERS NATIONWIDE INC Details →
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TruckCodex risk summary — MICHAEL TODD WHEELER (USDOT 528399)
Verdict: CAUTION
Book with caution — review signals below
No hard OOS / revoked / uninsured blocker, but elevated risk signals need a human look before booking.

Authority / census status: Active
Active BIPD limit: $1,000,000

Blockers:
  (none)

Cautions:
  • Common (Property) gap · 42 days — Inactive Jan 17, 2017 → reinstated Feb 28, 2017

On file:
  • 1 active operating authority
  • Insurance on file · $1,000,000 — FIREMEN'S INSURANCE CO. OF WASHINGTON DC · 91X
  • BOC-3 process agent on file — TRUCKERS NATIONWIDE INC

Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/528399/
As of: Oct 30, 2026
Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before tendering — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.
USDOT 528399 Active INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE Hazmat Owner: MIKE HOWELL Additional owner: MICHAEL TODD WHEELER Motor Vehicles Driveaway / Towaway Based in NATCHEZ, MS

FMCSA census as of Oct 30, 2026 · Sources · Freshness · Methodology · Disclaimer

TruckCodex · filing & peer scorecard

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard · A

Composite of 3/5 scored components (mean 100/100). Separate from booking triage on this page. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating or legal advice.

A confidence 60% · 3/5 signals · expand
Authority / census
Active · 100/100

Active census status with no OOS order or revoked authority on file.

Insurance / BIPD
BIPD active · 100/100

Active BIPD/Primary-like policy on file in our insurance history.

OOS vs peers
NR

Peer OOS benchmark unavailable (missing power units, OOS rates, or fewer than 5 same-size peers).

NR reason: Peer OOS benchmark not available for this carrier.

FMCSA safety rating
Unrated

FMCSA has not assigned this carrier a formal safety rating. We do not invent one.

NR reason: No published FMCSA safety_rating.

Insurance-watch tier
Not on watch · 100/100

No BMC-91 insurance-lapse watch classification on file for this USDOT.

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard from authority, BIPD, peer OOS, FMCSA safety rating, and insurance-watch signals. Not a booking verdict and not legal advice. See methodology. Booking triage on this page: Caution.

Field change history →
Operating authority
common 1 active
Insurance

FIREMEN'S INSURANCE CO. OF WASHINGTON DC · BMC-91X · $1,000,000

1 active liability filing

BOC-3 agent

TRUCKERS NATIONWIDE INC

Company profile

Company details
USDOT 528399
In FMCSA records since Jun 28, 1993 (~33y)
MC / docket MC266902
Entity INDIVIDUAL
Owner MIKE HOWELL
Additional owner MICHAEL TODD WHEELER
Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Hazmat Yes (MCS-150)
Cargo carried
Motor Vehicles, Driveaway / Towaway
Fleet size 7 units
Drivers 6
Annual mileage 64,229 mi
Contact & address
Phone: (601) 442-0092
Email: [email protected]
Physical
283 LOWER WOODVILLE RD
NATCHEZ, MS 39120
Mailing address matches physical.
Registration & safety rating
USDOT 528399
In FMCSA records since Jun 28, 1993 (~33y)
Entity INDIVIDUAL
Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Annual mileage (MCS-150) 64,229 mi
Hazmat Yes (MCS-150)
vs. National Average
Vehicle OOS Rate 0.0% vs 23.4% -23.4 pts
Driver OOS Rate 0.0% vs 6.7% -6.7 pts
Violations per Inspection 0.67 vs 1.80 -1.13
Peer tier (small fleets (≤10 power units)) median OOS rate: 50%
Active liability insurance
FIREMEN'S INSURANCE CO. OF WASHINGTON DC
BMC-91X · $1,000,000 · 4538895
Effective Jan 10, 2024
FMCSA cargo filing (BMC-34/83)

No active FMCSA cargo filing on file.

FMCSA L&I filing evidence — not a shipper certificate of insurance (COI). Cargo (BMC-34) is primarily an HHG / household-goods requirement; general freight carriers often have none.

Broker bond / trust (BMC-84/85)

No active broker surety bond or trust fund on file.

BMC-84 is a surety bond; BMC-85 is a trust-fund agreement. Required for property brokers / freight forwarders — not motor-carrier BIPD liability insurance.

Broker setup by MC age
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Based on FMCSA authority grant of 2017-02-28 (2,000+ days). Published gates only — not a guarantee they will accept. Confirm with the broker.

Related filings

Fleet details (MCS-150)

Vehicle type Owned Term leased Trip leased
Truck tractors 2 0 0
Trailers 3 0 0
Trucks 5 0 0

Self-reported on the carrier’s Form MCS-150 (FMCSA Company Census).

Inspections (24 months)

All 3 inspections →
Driver Vehicle Hazmat
Inspections 3 3 0
OOS inspections 0 1 0
OOS percentage 0% 33.33% —
National average 6.7% 23.4% 4.4%

Roadside inspections in the last 24 months. National averages are FMCSA MCSAP reference rates (driver ~6.7%, vehicle ~23.4%, hazmat ~4.4%).

Power Units
7
Drivers
6
Inspections
3
FMCSA roadside history on file
OOS Rate (peak)
—
Crashes
4
None in last 24 months · all-time on file
Authorities
1
1 active

Risk Signals

Authority revoked
2 revocations on record.

Authority gap detected (1)

  • Common (Property) authority was inactive from Jan 17, 2017 to Feb 28, 2017 (42 days)

Historical coverage gap detected (1)

  • No active BIPD/Primary insurance from Jan 10, 2017 to Jan 15, 2017 (5 days)
Inspection Analytics Monthly activity · BASIC mix · state map

Monthly Inspection Activity (3 months)

2024-11 2026-10

Violations by BASIC Category

Federal BASIC buckets for every citation issued against this carrier over the past 24 months.
Unsafe Driving
1 violation
Vehicle Maintenance
1 violation

Activity by State

States this carrier has been inspected in over the past 24 months.
State Inspections OOS OOS % Last Inspection
Louisiana (LA) 3 1 33.3% Oct 27, 2026
Vehicle Fleet Top makes and models observed in roadside inspections
Make Model Inspections
Dodge 1
Great Dane 1
Peterbilt 1
SMS BASIC Scores FMCSA Safety Measurement System per-BASIC scores
BASIC Inspections Serious Measure Percentile Alert As Of
Driver Fitness 0 — 0.00 0 — Oct 26, 2026
Controlled Substances / Alcohol 0 — 0.00 0 — Oct 26, 2026
Hours of Service 0 — 0.00 0 — Oct 26, 2026
Unsafe Driving 1 — 1.04 1 — Oct 26, 2026
Vehicle Maintenance 1 — 4.00 4 — Oct 26, 2026

Higher percentiles indicate worse performance relative to peer carriers. Carriers at or above the FMCSA intervention threshold are marked ALERT.

Recent Inspections (3 rows) View all 3 →
Inspection # Date ▼ State Level Station Vehicle Violations Top Codes OOS
89371736 Oct 27, 2026 LA 2 HAMMOND LA — 4 393.9A-LTSI, 393.9A-LSLIWR, 396.17C-PI Yes
85577484 Aug 21, 2025 LA 1 FERRIDAY LA
RAM STRAIGHT TRUCK
Ticket: Dodge
MS B2627090 · 3C7WRMDL0DG595805
1 396.17C-PI No
83193998 Nov 18, 2024 LA 3 LA
PETERBILT STRAIGHT TRUCK
MS A546673 · 1XPFDU9X96N643513
1 392.16 No
Recent Crashes (4 rows)
Report # Date ▼ State Fatalities Injuries Tow Hazmat Severity
MS0102211336 May 25, 2021 MS 0 1 Yes No Injury
MS0102126111 Mar 23, 2012 MS 0 0 Yes No Tow
MS9079100001 Jul 27, 2010 MS 0 0 Yes No Tow
MS0000092823 Jan 1, 2003 MS 0 0 Yes No Tow
Authority Records (1 docket)
common
MC266902
Active
—
View full authority record →
MC Certificate Documents (2 letters, 1 PDF available)

Authority Records (above) are FMCSA docket status and lifecycle events. MC Certificate Documents here are the archived PDF letters for each action — grants, reinstatements, revocations, name changes, and transfers. They are related but not the same dataset: one row per PDF letter, not one file per docket.

Each row is a distinct FMCSA letter (grant, reinstatement, revocation, name change, transfer, etc.). When a PDF is archived, click the link to open that letter. Rows without a link still show the action type and date from our index. FMCSA stopped publishing new daily certificate PDFs after the May 2026 Motus cutover — rows below are historical archive only.

Some letters share the same legacy archived file path — we show one PDF link for the primary document and list the other actions as metadata (type + date) until per-letter PDFs are re-extracted.

Date Docket Action Authority PDF
Mar 16, 2021 MC266902 Name Change Revocation Metadata only
Feb 28, 2017 MC266902-C Reinstatement Letter Reinstatement Reinstatement Letter →
Insurance Coverage Timeline (41 rows)

Every insurance policy on file, newest effective date first. Amber rows mark BIPD/Primary coverage gaps.

Insurer Policy # Type Limit Effective Cancel Status
FIREMEN'S INSURANCE CO. OF WASHINGTON DC 4538895 91X $1,000,000 Jan 10, 2024 On file ACTIVE
CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO. 4538895 BIPD/Primary — Jan 10, 2023 Jan 10, 2024 REPLACED
AXIS INSURANCE COMPANY AXSAT-01370-00 BIPD/Primary — Jan 10, 2022 Jan 10, 2023 CANCELLED
CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO. 4364458 BIPD/Primary — Jan 10, 2021 Jan 10, 2022 REPLACED
CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO. 4364458BSIG BIPD/Primary — Jan 15, 2017 Jan 10, 2021 REPLACED
CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO. 4364458BSIG BIPD/Primary — Jan 15, 2017 Apr 19, 2021 NAME CHANGED
Coverage gap — 5 days without BIPD/Primary coverage from Jan 10, 2017 to Jan 15, 2017
ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY 613-00-21-36-0001 BIPD/Primary — Jan 10, 2016 Jan 10, 2017 CANCELLED
ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY 613-00-21-36-0000 BIPD/Primary — Jan 10, 2015 Jan 10, 2016 CANCELLED
COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO. CAF 3618884 CARGO — Jan 10, 2014 Jan 10, 2015 CANCELLED
COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO. CAF 3618884 BIPD/Primary — Jan 10, 2014 Jan 10, 2015 CANCELLED
COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO. CAF 3618884 BIPD/Primary — Jan 10, 2012 Jan 10, 2014 REPLACED
COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO. CAF 3618884 CARGO — Jan 10, 2012 Jan 10, 2014 REPLACED
COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO. CAF 3618884 CARGO — Jan 10, 2011 Jan 10, 2012 REPLACED
COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO. CAF 3618884 BIPD/Primary — Jan 10, 2011 Jan 10, 2012 REPLACED
SUA INSURANCE COMPANY 10AEOTT101904PG02 BIPD/Primary — Jan 10, 2010 Jan 10, 2011 CANCELLED
SUA INSURANCE COMPANY 10AEOTT101904PG02 CARGO — Jan 10, 2010 Jan 10, 2011 CANCELLED
SUA INSURANCE COMPANY 10AEOTT101904PG01 CARGO — Jan 10, 2009 Jan 10, 2010 CANCELLED
SUA INSURANCE COMPANY 10AEOTT101904PG01 BIPD/Primary — Jan 10, 2009 Jan 10, 2010 CANCELLED
SUA INSURANCE COMPANY 10AEOTT101904CA02 CARGO — Jan 10, 2008 Jan 10, 2009 CANCELLED
SUA INSURANCE COMPANY 10AEOTT101904CA02 BIPD/Primary — Jan 10, 2008 Jan 10, 2009 CANCELLED
SUA INSURANCE COMPANY 10AEOTT101900CA01 CARGO — Jan 10, 2007 Feb 10, 2007 CANCELLED
SUA INSURANCE COMPANY 10AEOTT101900CA01 CARGO — Jan 10, 2007 Jan 10, 2007 REPLACED
SUA INSURANCE COMPANY 10AEOTT101904CA01 CARGO — Jan 10, 2007 Jan 10, 2008 CANCELLED
SUA INSURANCE COMPANY 10AEOTT101900CA01 BIPD/Primary — Jan 10, 2007 Feb 10, 2007 CANCELLED
Compliance Timeline Merged authority / insurance / enforcement events
  1. Jan 10, 2024
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.
  2. Jan 12, 2023
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — CONTRACT
    Details →
  3. Jan 10, 2023
    insurance
    CANCEL — AXIS INSURANCE COMPANY
  4. Jan 10, 2022
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.
  5. Apr 19, 2021
    insurance
    TERM/CANCL — CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.
  6. Mar 15, 2021
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  7. Jan 10, 2021
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.
  8. Feb 28, 2017
    authority
    REINSTATED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
    Details →
  9. Jan 17, 2017
    authority
    REVOKED — MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER
    Details →
  10. Jan 17, 2017
    authority
    REVOKED — MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER
    Details →
  11. Jan 17, 2017
    authority
    Authority revoked — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
  12. Jan 17, 2017
    authority
    Authority revoked — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION [dup-a59be017]
  13. Jan 17, 2017
    authority gap
    Common (Property) authority inactive: 42 days (through Feb 28, 2017)
  14. Jan 10, 2017
    insurance
    CANCEL — ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
  15. Jan 10, 2017
    insurance gap
    Coverage gap: 5 days without BIPD/Primary insurance (through Jan 15, 2017)
  16. Jan 11, 2016
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  17. Jan 10, 2016
    insurance
    CANCEL — ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
  18. Jan 12, 2015
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — CONTRACT
    Details →
  19. Jan 10, 2015
    insurance
    CANCEL — COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO.
  20. Jan 10, 2014
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO.
  21. Jan 10, 2012
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO.
  22. Jan 10, 2011
    insurance
    CANCEL — SUA INSURANCE COMPANY
  23. Jan 10, 2010
    insurance
    CANCEL — SUA INSURANCE COMPANY
  24. Dec 24, 2009
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  25. Jan 10, 2009
    insurance
    CANCEL — SUA INSURANCE COMPANY
  26. Jan 9, 2009
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  27. Jan 10, 2008
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — CONTRACT
    Details →
  28. Jan 10, 2008
    insurance
    CANCEL — SUA INSURANCE COMPANY
  29. Feb 10, 2007
    insurance
    TERM/CANCL — SUA INSURANCE COMPANY
  30. Jan 11, 2007
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — CONTRACT
    Details →
  31. Jan 10, 2007
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — SUA INSURANCE COMPANY
  32. Jan 10, 2007
    insurance
    CANCEL — STONINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY
  33. Jan 11, 2006
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  34. Jan 10, 2006
    insurance
    CANCEL — WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION
  35. Dec 6, 2005
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — COMMON
    Details →
  36. Jan 10, 2005
    insurance
    CANCEL — WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION
  37. Jan 10, 2005
    insurance
    CANCEL — WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION
  38. Jan 5, 2005
    authority
    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION — CONTRACT
    Details →
  39. Jan 10, 2004
    insurance
    CANCEL — WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION
  40. Jan 10, 2003
    insurance
    TERM/REPL — ONEBEACON INSURANCE COMPANY
Top Stations & Violation Codes Where this carrier gets inspected and what they get cited for

Most-Inspected Stations

Station State Inspections OOS
FERRIDAY LA LA 1 0
HAMMOND LA LA 1 1
LA LA 1 0

Top Violation Codes Cited

Code Description Category Cited OOS
392.16 Failing to use seat belt while operating a CMV Unsafe Driving 1 0

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