Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1994 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N145208R1562427 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 2
First seenOct 31, 2023
MN
Last seenMay 26, 2026
MN
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13N145208R1562427
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
1994
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 10, 2026
vPIC returns make / model / year / body class / GVWR. Fields it does not resolve are shown as Not decoded rather than guessed.
Decode evidence & sources

Deterministic structure

These fields come directly from VIN positions and the published checksum calculation, with zero store IO.

World manufacturer identifier
13N

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
14520

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1994 or 2024

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
562427

Deterministic · positions 12–17 for a North American WMI.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Make
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Prefix basis · 163 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 163 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Not established

No sourced model-line label is established.

No source established for this field.

Generation
Not established

No sourced generation label is established.

No source established for this field.

Cab type
Not established

No sourced cab label is established.

No source established for this field.

Federal observation (NHTSA vPIC)

What the federal corpus observed directly for this exact VIN — independent of, and sometimes more specific than, the prefix-level inference above.

Observed model year
1994

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Trailer

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRAILER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 31, 2023 – May 26, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 26, 2026MNIII · Driver-only0PEARSON TRUCKING INC 307855STB0302/MN
Oct 31, 2023MNI · Full4OOSPEARSON TRUCKING INC 307855STB0302/MN
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
PEARSON TRUCKING INC307855Oct 31, 2023May 26, 20262MN
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
STB0302MNPEARSON TRUCKING INCOct 31, 2023May 26, 20262
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 10, 2026