Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Ledwell & Sons Enterprises, Inc.

1L9GA72A8JL033994 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
20 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 2
First seenDec 23, 2024
TX
Last seenAug 13, 2026
TX
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1L9GA72A8JL033994
Make
Ledwell & Sons Enterprises, Inc.
Model
Ledwell & Sons Enterprises, Inc.
Model year
2018
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 31, 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
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
033994

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
2018

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 · Dec 23, 2024 – Aug 13, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 13, 2026TXII · Walk-around0TEXAS FIRST RENTALS LLC 2594497251B431/TX
Dec 23, 2024TXII · Walk-around3TEXAS FIRST RENTALS LLC 2594497242B406/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TEXAS FIRST RENTALS LLC2594497Dec 23, 2024Aug 13, 20262TX
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.
251B431TX2TEXAS FIRST RENTALS LLCAug 13, 2026Aug 13, 20261
242B406TXTEXAS FIRST RENTALS LLCDec 23, 2024Dec 23, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 31, 2026