AUTOMOTIVE SUPPORT SERVICES INC

DBA: AUTOMOTIVE SUPPORT

DOT# 665870 MC# 821997CARRIER

ACTIVE

Trust Score

99 / 100

A Excellent

Components

Compliance · 40% 100

Safety · 35% 96

Insurance · 25% 100

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

Overview

Address

14618 OLD GUNPOWDER RD

LAUREL, MD 20707

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Contact

Phone: (301) 384-4869

Fax: (301) 384-4869

Email: hdtowing@aol.com

Company Officers

JOHN FRANCIS HESSMAN III

Business Info

Organization: CORPORATION

D&B #: 5269076

HazMat: HazMat Carrier

Fleet

Power Units

Drivers

Equipment Breakdown

Owned Trucks12

Owned Tractors1

Authority

Status: ACTIVE

FMCSA add date: Nov 6, 1996

Common authority: May 31, 2013

Authority History (2)

Authority Type	Action	Date
COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	Feb 20, 2015 → Mar 20, 2015
MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	May 31, 2013

Cargo Types

General FreightMotor VehiclesDrive-Away/Tow-AwayMachinery/Large Objects

Active Certifications

Property

MCS-150

Last updated: Dec 12, 2025

Mileage: 200,000 (2024)

Operation Classification

AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier Operation

Interstate

Recent Changes

Contactemail: Hdtowing@aol.com → hdtowing@aol.comAug 20, 2026

Identitycompany officer 1: JOHN FRANCIS HESSMAN III → JOHN FRANCIS HESSMAN IIIAug 20, 2026

Contactemail: → Hdtowing@aol.comAug 15, 2026

Identitycompany officer 1: → JOHN FRANCIS HESSMAN IIIAug 15, 2026

Fleettotal drivers: 10 → 0Aug 14, 2026

Safety

Out-of-Service Rates

Driver43 inspections

0.0%

6.2%

Carrier National avg

Vehicle43 inspections

4.7%

22.8%

Carrier National avg

Hazmat

No hazmat inspections

Overall43 inspections

4.7%

Carrier

Crash Summary

Fatal

Injury

1.0

per 1M miles

Towaway

Total

BASIC Violations

Unsafe Driving0

Driver Fitness0

Hours of Service0

Drug / Alcohol0

Vehicle Maintenance12

Safety Measurement System (SMS)

FMCSA's official per-BASIC roadside-performance measures over the trailing 24 months, computed from the 43 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.

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 Maintenance1.075 insp w/ viol

Insurance

$1,000,000

BIPD Coverage

On file

Cargo Coverage

2 policies on file2 active

Type	Status	Insurer	Policy #	Coverage	Effective	Expires	Form
BIPD	Active	THE PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY	1000198624	$1,000,000	Mar 19, 2024	—	91X
CARGO	Active	THE PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY	IMM9315816	—	Mar 19, 2020	—	34

Insurance History (8)

Type	Insurer	Status	Coverage	Effective	Cancelled
BIPD · F91X	THE PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY	ReplacedTERM/REPL	$750,000	Mar 19, 2020	Mar 19, 2024
BIPD · F91X	THE PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY	ReplacedTERM/REPL	$750,000	Mar 19, 2020	Mar 19, 2020
BIPD · F91X	THE PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY	ReplacedTERM/REPL	$750,000	Mar 19, 2015	Mar 19, 2020
CARGO · F34	THE PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY	CancelledTERM/CANCL	$750,000	Mar 19, 2015	Apr 16, 2020
CARGO · F34	THE PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY	ReplacedTERM/REPL	$750,000	Mar 19, 2015	Mar 19, 2020
BIPD · F91X	THE PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY	CancelledTERM/CANCL	$750,000	Mar 19, 2015	Apr 16, 2020
CARGO · F34	COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO.	CancelledCANCEL	$750,000	Mar 19, 2013	Mar 19, 2015
BIPD · F91X	COMPANION PROPERTY & CASUALTY INS. CO.	CancelledCANCEL	$750,000	Mar 19, 2013	Mar 19, 2015

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