Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Mclendon Trailers

1M9FT4028JA776086 · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
26 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 4
First seenDec 28, 2023
AR
Last seenFeb 5, 2026
AR
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1M9FT4028JA776086
Make
Mclendon Trailers
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2018
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 6, 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
1M9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
FT402

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
776086

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
MCLENDON TRAILERS

Prefix basis · 9 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Mclendon Trailers

Prefix basis · 9 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
MCLENDON TRAILERS

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

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Dec 28, 2023 – Feb 5, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 5, 2026ARIII · Driver-only4OOSBUSTER ROBERTS LOGGING INC 1029188PT170965/AR
Nov 18, 2025ARIII · Driver-only1BUSTER ROBERTS LOGGING INC 1029188PT170965/AR
Mar 21, 2024TXII · Walk-around1BUSTER ROBERTS LOGGING INC 1029188PT170965/AR
Dec 28, 2023ARII · Walk-around2OOSBUSTER ROBERTS LOGGING INC 1029188PT170965/AR
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BUSTER ROBERTS LOGGING INC1029188Dec 28, 2023Feb 5, 20264AR
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.
PT170965ARBUSTER ROBERTS LOGGING INCDec 28, 2023Feb 5, 20264
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 6, 2026