Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2025 Big Tex

16V3F4825S6385584 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
16 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 7
First seenDec 11, 2024
TN
Last seenApr 2, 2026
AL
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
16V3F4825S6385584
Make
Big Tex
Model
Big Tex
Model year
2025
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 21, 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
16V

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
3F482

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1995 or 2025

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

North American serial sequence
385584

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
BIG TEX

Prefix basis · 2,099 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Big Tex

Prefix basis · 2,099 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
2025

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
BIG TEX

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Big Tex

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 · Dec 11, 2024 – Apr 2, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 2, 2026ALII · Walk-around4OOSF&J LIGHTNING TRANSPORT LLC 3690658138499N/TX
Dec 9, 2025MSI · Full0F&J LIGHTNING TRANSPORT LLC 3690658138499N/TX
Sep 12, 2025MOI · Full2OOSF&J LIGHTNING TRANSPORT LLC 3690658138499N/TX
Jul 11, 2025TNI · Full0F&J LIGHTNING TRANSPORT LLC 3690658138499N/TX
May 2, 2025TNI · Full2F&J LIGHTNING TRANSPORT LLC 3690658886874M/TX
Jan 9, 2025NCI · Full0F&J LIGHTNING TRANSPORT LLC 3690658886874M/TX
Dec 11, 2024TNI · Full2F&J LIGHTNING TRANSPORT LLC 3690658TEMP6583W60/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
F&J LIGHTNING TRANSPORT LLC3690658Dec 11, 2024Apr 2, 20267TX
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.
138499NTXF&J LIGHTNING TRANSPORT LLCJul 11, 2025Apr 2, 20264
886874MTXF&J LIGHTNING TRANSPORT LLCJan 9, 2025May 2, 20252
TEMP6583W60TXF&J LIGHTNING TRANSPORT LLCDec 11, 2024Dec 11, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026