Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
- First granted
- Mar 23, 2007 19 yrs
- BIPD required / on file
- $1,000,000 / $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- Not required
- Bond or trust fund
- Not required
Public carrier record · USDOT 395113
J TORRES COMPANY INC
Bakersfield, CA · MC 596750
J TORRES COMPANY INC (USDOT 395113, MC 596750) operates 53 power units with 23 drivers from Bakersfield, California hauling general freight, and metal sheets, coils and rolls. Roadside inspections recorded 7 different power units by VIN over two years, against 53 reported. It is registered as a hazmat carrier.
From CarrierTrail’s copy of the FMCSA census, published Oct 28, 2026. Record present in this snapshot. Official record: SAFER · Motus
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Listed among CARB’s Truck and Bus compliant fleets as retrieved 2026-10-28 12:42 UTC; certificate printed Jan 30, 2026. The list shows fleets that reported compliance to CARB. Check CARB’s lookup before you rely on it. CARB lookup ↗
- Safety rating is more than 5 years old
AuthorityActive1 active · since Mar 2007
Insurance1 on fileinsurance filings
Safety ratingSatisfactoryNov 16, 2011
Power units53as reported
Drivers23as reported
Inspections14latest May 27, 2026
Company identity and reported operations
| USDOT number | 395113 |
|---|---|
| Legal name | J TORRES COMPANY INC |
| Doing business as / DBA | Not reported |
| MC docket identifiers | MC 596750 |
| Reported physical address | 5810 SOUTH UNION AVE, BAKERSFIELD, CA, 93307, US |
| Reported business phone | (661) 832-2635 |
| Reported power units | 53 |
| Reported drivers | 23 |
| Reported MCS-150 date | Mar 04, 2025 |
| Company officers (as filed) | Joe Torres Jr, Emily P. Torres |
| Carrier operation | Interstate |
| Entity type | Carrier, Shipper |
| Hazmat indicator | Yes |
| Mailing address | PO BOX 41105, BAKERSFIELD, CA, 93384 |
| Business organization (recorded at review) | Corporation |
| Latest FMCSA review | Compliance review · Nov 10, 2011 |
| Census status code | A |
| Safety rating | Satisfactory |
| Safety rating date | Nov 16, 2011 |
Fleet, equipment and drivers
J TORRES COMPANY INC reports this equipment and these drivers on its MCS-150. Owned, term-leased and trip-leased units are counted separately.
No change in power units or drivers since CarrierTrail first recorded this carrier on Sep 12, 2026.
Counts as filed on the carrier’s MCS-150. Miles per power unit divides the reported annual miles by the reported power units.
Public inspection, violation and crash summary
FMCSA public SMS input records from 2024-09-25 through 2026-09-24.
14 roadside inspections between Sep 2024 and Sep 2026, in 3 states. Inspected in 9 of 25 months; busiest Jun 2025 with 6.
| Inspections | 14 |
|---|---|
| Driver out-of-service rate | 0.0% (0 of 10) |
| Vehicle out-of-service rate | 16.7% (2 of 12) |
| Violations | 23 across 7 inspections |
| Out-of-service violations | 4 |
| Crashes | 1 |
| Fatal / injury / tow-away crashes | 0 / 1 / 1 |
| Fatalities / injuries reported | 0 / 1 |
| Placarded hazmat inspections | 0 · 0 with a hazmat out-of-service order |
Most frequent published violation codes
39395A4EEUSEmergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured239395FEmergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper239530B1ELDDFRHOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information.239216DDriver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV13922SLLS4State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit1
Crash involvement does not establish fault. Inspection summaries, safety ratings and restricted BASIC measures are different concepts.
Compare the reported Bakersfield record
J TORRES COMPANY INC reports 53 power units. The Bakersfield, California directory contains 13,731 census records, of which 11,780 report at least one power unit.
Reported cargo and business classification
J TORRES COMPANY INC reports AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE in the census and lists 17 cargo categories.
- General freight
- Metal sheets, coils and rolls
- Building materials
- Machinery and large objects
- Intermodal containers
- Oilfield equipment
- Grain, feed and hay
- Coal and coke
- Meat
- Garbage and refuse
- Chemicals
- Dry bulk commodities
- Refrigerated food
- Paper products
- Farm supplies
- Construction
- Other: HAZ WASTE SUBSTANCE
Fleet size in local context
| Power units | Records | Share of all city records |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1,950 | 14.2% |
| 1 | 8,660 | 63.1% |
| 2–5 | 2,345 | 17.1% |
| 6–20 | 588 | 4.3% |
| 21–100: this carrier’s band | 164 | 1.2% |
| Over 100 | 23 | 0.2% |
| Unknown / other | 1 | 0.0% |
Record dates and observed changes
- Added to the census (not company founding date)
- May 30, 1990
- Carrier-reported MCS-150 filing date
- Mar 04, 2025
- Census source publication
- Oct 28, 2026 10:49 UTC
- First observed by CarrierTrail
- Sep 12, 2026 19:56 UTC
Source publication, carrier filing and our observation dates describe different events. An older filing date alone does not establish noncompliance.
Public-field differences from up to ten recent census change events are shown below.
No public-field changes are recorded in our observation window for this carrier. This does not mean the carrier never changed its details; tracking begins at the first observation shown above.
Authority and insurance
Authority filings
Insurance filings
| Docket | Insurer | Coverage | Effective date | Form | Policy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC596750 | Hartford Fire Insurance Company | $1,000,000 | Jun 01, 2017 | BMC-91X | 83UENOH7061 |
Process agent (BOC-3)
- AllAmerican Agents of ProcessSioux Falls, SD · MC596750
The company the carrier designated to receive legal papers in each state, as filed on its BOC-3.
Operating authority timeline
Status changes and notices recorded against J TORRES COMPANY INC’s operating authority dockets, newest first, from the FMCSA authority history and notices datasets.
- GrantedMC596750 · Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
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Shared contact details
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Explore these reported cargo categories
General freightBuilding materialsMachinery and large objectsMetal sheets, coils and rollsRefrigerated foodDry bulk commoditiesIntermodal containers
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