DUNKEL HEAVY DUTY TOWING CO

DBA: BIG RAPIDS TOWING

DOT# 1958407 MC# 5386CARRIER

ACTIVE

Trust Score

35 / 100

F Critical

Components

Compliance · 40% 60

Safety · 35% 78

Insurance · 25% 25

Authority revocation is currently pending Vehicle OOS rate is 2.5× the national average No active liability (BIPD) insurance on file No active cargo insurance on file

Confidence: high · based on FMCSA safety, insurance & authority data How is this calculated?

Overview

Address

20833 18 MILE RD

BIG RAPIDS, MI 49307

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Contact

Phone: (231) 796-5000

Fax: (231) 796-5988

Email: stephanie@bigrapidstransport.com

Company Officers

JAMES DUNKEL

Business Info

HazMat: HazMat Carrier

Fleet

Power Units

Drivers

Equipment Breakdown

Owned Trucks1

Owned Tractors3

Authority

Status: ACTIVE

FMCSA add date: Oct 23, 2009

Common authority: Feb 3, 2017

Common Revocation Pending

Authority History (1)

Authority Type	Action	Date
MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	Feb 3, 2017

Cargo Types

Motor VehiclesMachinery/Large Objects

Active Certifications

Property

MCS-150

Last updated: Jan 26, 2026

Mileage: 138,000 (2023)

Operation Classification

PRIVATE PROPERTYAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier Operation

Interstate

Recent Changes

Insurancemax bipd: 1000000 → 0Jun 7, 2026

Safetytotal crashes: 0 → 1May 4, 2026

Safety

Out-of-Service Rates

Driver12 inspections

0.0%

6.0%

Carrier National avg

Vehicle9 inspections

55.6%

22.6%

Carrier National avg

Hazmat

No hazmat inspections

Overall12 inspections

41.7%

Carrier

Crash Summary

Fatal

Injury

1.0

per 1M miles

Towaway

Total

BASIC Violations

Unsafe Driving5

Driver Fitness0

Hours of Service0

Drug / Alcohol0

Vehicle Maintenance19

Safety Measurement System (SMS)

FMCSA's official per-BASIC roadside-performance measures over the trailing 24 months, computed from the 10 inspections below. A measure of 0 means no recorded violations in that BASIC — not necessarily a strong safety record on a small sample. FMCSA does not publish peer-group percentiles for property carriers, so the underlying measures — not percentile rankings — are shown; Hazmat Compliance and Crash Indicator are not published. Based on fewer than 11 inspections — treat these measures as a weak signal.

SMS Inspections (24 mo)

Total

Driver OOS

Vehicle OOS

BASIC Measures

Unsafe Driving0.000 insp w/ viol

Hours of Service0.000 insp w/ viol

Driver Fitness0.000 insp w/ viol

Controlled Substances0.000 insp w/ viol

Vehicle Maintenance12.338 insp w/ viol

Insurance

$1,000,000

BIPD Coverage

—

Cargo Coverage

1 policy on file1 expired

Show 1 expired policy

Type	Status	Insurer	Policy #	Coverage	Effective	Expires	Form
BIPD	Expired	FREMONT INSURANCE COMPANY	CAP 0041617 00	$1,000,000	Nov 25, 2023	Jun 6, 2026	91X

Insurance History (2)

Type	Insurer	Status	Coverage	Effective	Cancelled
BIPD · F91X	CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CancelledTERM/CANCL	$1,000,000	Nov 25, 2016	Dec 30, 2023
BIPD · F91X	CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	ReplacedTERM/REPL	$1,000,000	Nov 25, 2016	Nov 25, 2023

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