Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1998 Cottrell

1C9AF1473WG148542 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
17 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 5
First seenFeb 25, 2025
US
Last seenJul 9, 2026
TX
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 17 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.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1C9AF1473WG148542
Make
Cottrell
Model
Not decoded
Model year
1998
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 5, 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
1C9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
AF147

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1998 or 2028

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

North American serial sequence
148542

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
1998

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
COTTRELL

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Not established

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

  • 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 · Feb 25, 2025 – Jul 9, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 9, 2026TXII · Walk-around3JOSE EVERARDO CAVAZOS PASSEMENT 338820393Y395W/TX
Jun 16, 2026TXII · Walk-around1JOSE EVERARDO CAVAZOS PASSEMENT 338820319X368W/TX
Apr 20, 2026TXII · Walk-around4ARTURO MALDONADO LOPEZ 333919395Z293W/TX
May 12, 2025TXII · Walk-around2OOSARTURO MALDONADO LOPEZ 333919368V864V/TX
Feb 25, 2025USIII · Driver-only0ARTURO MALDONADO LOPEZ 333919371V768V/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
JOSE EVERARDO CAVAZOS PASSEMENT3388203Jun 16, 2026Jul 9, 20262TA
ARTURO MALDONADO LOPEZ3339193Feb 25, 2025Apr 20, 20263TX
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.
93Y395WTX2JOSE EVERARDO CAVAZOS PASSEMENTJul 9, 2026Jul 9, 20261
19X368WTX2JOSE EVERARDO CAVAZOS PASSEMENTJun 16, 2026Jun 16, 20261
95Z293WTXARTURO MALDONADO LOPEZApr 20, 2026Apr 20, 20261
68V864VTXARTURO MALDONADO LOPEZMay 12, 2025May 12, 20251
71V768VTXARTURO MALDONADO LOPEZFeb 25, 2025Feb 25, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 5, 2026