Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Ledwell & Sons Enterprises, Inc.

1L9GA72A8HL033875 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 5
First seenOct 25, 2023
TN
Last seenOct 22, 2025
TN
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1L9GA72A8HL033875
Make
Ledwell & Sons Enterprises, Inc.
Model
Ledwell & Sons Enterprises, Inc.
Model year
2017
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 28, 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
1L9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
GA72A

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
033875

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
LEDWELL & SONS ENTERPRISES, INC.

Prefix basis · 218 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Ledwell & Sons Enterprises, Inc.

Prefix basis · 218 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
2017

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
LEDWELL & SONS ENTERPRISES, INC.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Ledwell & Sons Enterprises, Inc.

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 · Oct 25, 2023 – Oct 22, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 22, 2025TNI · Full2OOSBLACK EQUIPMENT CO INC 140952P846211/IN
Jan 24, 2025TNII · Walk-around2OOSBLACK EQUIPMENT CO INC 140952P846211/UK
May 7, 2024MSII · Walk-around0BLACK EQUIPMENT CO INC 140952P846211/IN
Dec 12, 2023ARII · Walk-around1BLACK EQUIPMENT CO INC 140952P846211/IN
Oct 25, 2023TNIII · Driver-only0BLACK EQUIPMENT CO INC 140952P846211/IN
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BLACK EQUIPMENT CO INC140952Oct 25, 2023Oct 22, 20255IN
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.
P846211INBLACK EQUIPMENT CO INCOct 25, 2023Oct 22, 20254
P846211UKBLACK EQUIPMENT CO INCJan 24, 2025Jan 24, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 28, 2026