Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2025 Hicks Manufacturing Hicks Manufacturing, LLC

1H9A28A25SM686098 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
10 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 4
First seenSep 30, 2025
AR
Last seenJul 27, 2026
LA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1H9A28A25SM686098
Make
Hicks Manufacturing
Model
Hicks Manufacturing, LLC
Model year
2025
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 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
1H9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
A28A2

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
686098

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
HICKS MANUFACTURING

Prefix basis · 25 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Hicks Manufacturing, LLC

Prefix basis · 25 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
HICKS MANUFACTURING

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Hicks Manufacturing, LLC

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 · Sep 30, 2025 – Jul 27, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 27, 2026LAII · Walk-around1TM BRANCH TRUCKING LLC 1515302PT240848/AR
Jun 1, 2026ARIII · Driver-only3TM BRANCH TRUCKING LLC 1515302PT240848/AR
Oct 27, 2025ARIII · Driver-only1OOSTM BRANCH TRUCKING LLC 1515302PT240848/AR
Sep 30, 2025ARIII · Driver-only5TM BRANCH TRUCKING LLC 1515302PT240848/AR
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TM BRANCH TRUCKING LLC1515302Sep 30, 2025Jul 27, 20264LA
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.
PT240848AR2TM BRANCH TRUCKING LLCSep 30, 2025Jul 27, 20264
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 21, 2026