Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2007 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N14830471540518 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
21 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 6
First seenMar 20, 2024
CA
Last seenDec 23, 2025
UT
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 21 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13N14830471540518
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
2007
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 22, 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
14830

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
2007 or 2037

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

North American serial sequence
540518

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 · 1,781 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 1,781 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
2007

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Mar 20, 2024 – Dec 23, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 23, 2025UTIII · Driver-only3OOSKZ LOGISTICS INC 36740794SJ9160/CA
Nov 25, 2025CAIII · Driver-only3OOSKZ LOGISTICS INC 36740794SJ9160/CA
Sep 15, 2025CAII · Walk-around3OOSKZ LOGISTICS INC 36740794SJ9160/CA
Sep 10, 2025CAIII · Driver-only3JM CRUZ TRANSPORT INC 33148644SJ9160/CA
Sep 13, 2024CAI · Full4OOSJM CRUZ TRANSPORT INC 33148644SJ9160/CA
Mar 20, 2024CAIII · Driver-only1JM CRUZ TRANSPORT INC 33148644SJ9160/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
KZ LOGISTICS INC3674079Sep 15, 2025Dec 23, 20253CA
JM CRUZ TRANSPORT INC3314864Mar 20, 2024Sep 10, 20253CA
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
4SJ9160CAKZ LOGISTICS INCSep 15, 2025Dec 23, 20253
4SJ9160CAJM CRUZ TRANSPORT INCMar 20, 2024Sep 10, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 22, 2026