Ace 1st Transport

The service package

Ace 1st Transport bundles a wider scope into a single owner-operated package than most peers in the Kaufman County manufactured-home market. The operator self-describes on Facebook as handling moves, repos, secondary moves, foundation work, pods, and runners using two Bobcats — that's the transport side plus the on-site setup side under one roof, with one operator running the heavy equipment. Mobile Homes is the only cargo category checked on the FMCSA classification — no household goods, no general freight.

Two power units, two drivers, and 12,000 self-reported miles for 2024 — very low utilization for an interstate-authorized fleet, and consistent with a project-based, owner-operator-driven service model. Danny J. Mitchell is the sole company officer on the FMCSA file. The yard at 1505 Roy Rd in Kaufman cross-checks consistently across federal, BBB, Google, Yelp, and Facebook records — no aliasing, no DBA mismatches.

Federal authority and coverage

Two items on the federal file separate Ace 1st from most Kaufman-County peers. They hold active interstate Property authority under MC-706260 — many regional peers (including A-1 Vest Mobile Home Moving) operate as intrastate-only Texas carriers with no MC docket on file. And they carry $750,000 in BIPD liability coverage with Concert Specialty Insurance Company under FMCSA Licensing & Insurance, policy CS PRE1001017-02 effective February 26, 2026.

Cargo insurance is not federally mandated for the Mobile Homes cargo classification and wasn't observed in the public file. The interstate authority is best read as an option on file rather than an active operating posture — the 2024 mileage profile reads almost entirely intrastate.

About the Conditional rating

The single most important fact in this carrier's federal file is its current Conditional safety rating. The rating was issued on September 13, 2014. A follow-up Compliance Review on August 27, 2018 did not result in an upgrade. The rating has stood unchanged for more than a decade and remains the federally-displayed, current, official safety rating as of April 2026 — not legacy data.

A Conditional rating means FMCSA found, at the time of the Compliance Review, that the carrier did not have adequate safety management controls in place. Per FMCSA's own SAFER notice, the federal safety rating does not necessarily reflect carrier safety in intrastate commerce — but the rating remains a public, durable, and uncorrected signal that any customer evaluating the carrier should weigh against operators in the same peer set whose ratings are Satisfactory or Unrated.

What the Texas file doesn't show

The Texas-side state credentials don't surface in obtainable public sources. No TDHCA Manufactured Housing Installer license (MHDINS#####) was located for either Ace 1st Transport, Inc. or for Danny J. Mitchell in the TDHCA licensee search. This matters because the Facebook page advertises foundation work, pods, and runners — installer activities that under Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1201 require a TDHCA Installer license.

A TxDMV Motor Carrier Number — the primary state credential for any Texas-side intrastate move — is also not independently verifiable. Texas Comptroller franchise-tax status for Texas entity #0801367759 ("Ace 1st Transport inc") couldn't be confirmed either. None of this confirms absence — the credentials may exist and simply not surface in public-search aggregators — but they're paper items that the FMCSA dataset doesn't include and that live in state-level records.

The online presence

Ace 1st has no proprietary company website. The Facebook page (184 likes, self-described and active) is the main consumer-facing channel and is where the bundled-service marketing copy lives. The Google Business Profile at 1505 Roy Rd carries a small but uniformly positive review footprint and a 5-star aggregate per third-party aggregators. The Yelp profile is claimed and verified but shows no public reviews. A BBB profile has been open since June 3, 2013, in Not Rated status, with zero complaints filed in the 13+ years the file has existed. Danny Mitchell carries a LinkedIn stub.

The address and phone numbers — (469) 834-4731 on the FMCSA file and (214) 537-0330 on the consumer-facing channels — cross-check consistently across federal, BBB, Google, Yelp, Facebook, and Yellow Pages.

Inspections and crashes

Zero crashes in the prior 24-month FMCSA window. Zero roadside inspections in the same window. Under SMS BASIC methodology, zero inspections produce Insufficient Data on every category — not a clean read and not an adverse read, just unscored. Combined with the standing Conditional safety rating from 2014, the inspection picture is best read as "no recent federal touch points" rather than as a third-party safety endorsement.

Against Kaufman County peers

The relevant peer set is Texas mobile-home-classified for-hire carriers with 1 to 10 power units, concentrated in Kaufman County and East Texas. Names in the same lane include A-1 Vest Mobile Home Moving (USDOT 2091966), Quality Mobile Home Service (USDOT 1985670), Texoma Mobile Home Service LLC (USDOT 4220208), Rodney's Mobile Home Service Inc. (USDOT 1943667), and Texas Mobile Home Movers LLC (USDOT 1889051).

On federal authority, Ace 1st sits in the minority that holds active interstate property authority — A-1 Vest and several other regional peers operate intrastate-only with no MC. On fleet scale, two trucks puts them at the upper end of single-county Kaufman operators, where most peers run a single truck. On safety rating, Ace 1st sits below every peer with a Satisfactory or Unrated status — the Conditional flag is the differentiating signal against any comparable carrier whose own rating is not also Conditional. On review volume, the small Google footprint sits below A-1 Vest's 31-review trail.

Where they fit

✓ Best for In-state Texas manufactured-home moves where a customer wants a single owner-operated turnkey package covering both transport and the on-site work (foundations, pods, runners) and is comfortable working through the credential due diligence above. Customers who value 16+ years of continuous federal registration, $750,000 BIPD coverage on file, and a zero-crash, zero-BBB-complaint history.

✗ Avoid for Any move where the customer cannot accept a Conditional federal safety rating in the carrier's file. Any household-goods relocation — this is a manufactured-home specialist, not an HHG mover. Long-distance interstate moves where active operational use of the MC authority would be expected — the carrier holds the authority but isn't running interstate mileage at scale.

References

• FMCSA SAFER Company Snapshot (USDOT 1999983)
• FMCSA Safety Measurement System (SMS) profile
• FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (L&I) public file
• TDHCA Manufactured Housing Division licensee search
• Texas Department of Motor Vehicles — Motor Carrier Credentialing System
• Texas Comptroller / OpenCorporates entity #0801367759
• BBB Business Profile (BBB North Central Texas)
• Google Business Profile; Yelp business listing; Facebook business page; LinkedIn; Yellow Pages

Data derived from Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) records, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) and Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) public guidance, and consumer-platform sweeps as of April 2026. The Conditional FMCSA safety rating dated 09/13/2014, with a Compliance Review on 08/27/2018, is the carrier's current, official safety rating — not legacy data.