Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2019 Brothers Equipment

1B9RA3238KC941010 · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
29 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 6
First seenJun 15, 2023
NC
Last seenNov 24, 2025
GA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 29 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
1B9RA3238KC941010
Make
Brothers Equipment
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2019
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 17, 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
1B9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
RA323

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1989 or 2019

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

North American serial sequence
941010

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.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

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
2019

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
BROTHERS EQUIPMENT

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Not established

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

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jun 15, 2023 – Nov 24, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 24, 2025GAIII · Driver-only12UNITED AMERICAN STEEL COMPANY INC 1269567AJ86386/NC
Nov 20, 2025NCII · Walk-around3UNITED AMERICAN STEEL COMPANY INC 1269567AJ80386/NC
Sep 4, 2025SCII · Walk-around8OOSUNITED AMERICAN STEEL COMPANY INC 1269567AJ80386/NC
Jul 10, 2024SCIII · Driver-only0UNITED AMERICAN STEEL COMPANY INC 1269567AJ80386/NC
Sep 6, 2023SCIII · Driver-only1WESTERN PIEDMONT METAL INC 1220684AJ80386/NC
Jun 15, 2023NCIII · Driver-only0WESTERN PIEDMONT METAL INC 1220684AJ80386/NC
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
UNITED AMERICAN STEEL COMPANY INC1269567Jul 10, 2024Nov 24, 20254NC
WESTERN PIEDMONT METAL INC1220684Jun 15, 2023Sep 6, 20232NC
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.
AJ86386NCUNITED AMERICAN STEEL COMPANY INCNov 24, 2025Nov 24, 20251
AJ80386NCUNITED AMERICAN STEEL COMPANY INCJul 10, 2024Nov 20, 20253
AJ80386NCWESTERN PIEDMONT METAL INCJun 15, 2023Sep 6, 20232
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 17, 2026