Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2012 Mclendon Trailers

1M9FT4227CA776001 · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
22 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 3
First seenAug 9, 2023
SC
Last seenJun 12, 2025
NC
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 22 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
1M9FT4227CA776001
Make
Mclendon Trailers
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2012
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 25, 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
FT422

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1982 or 2012

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

North American serial sequence
776001

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
2012

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

  • 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 · Aug 9, 2023 – Jun 12, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 12, 2025NCIII · Driver-only0ALDEGUNDO PINEDA GONZALES 2478101DD29044/NC
Dec 19, 2023SCIII · Driver-only1BLANKS AND FAMILY TRANSPORT LLC 3476811AM87983/NC
Aug 9, 2023SCII · Walk-around4OOSBLANKS AND FAMILY TRANSPORT LLC 3476811AM87983/NC
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ALDEGUNDO PINEDA GONZALES2478101Jun 12, 2025Jun 12, 20251NC
BLANKS AND FAMILY TRANSPORT LLC3476811Aug 9, 2023Dec 19, 20232NC
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.
DD29044NCALDEGUNDO PINEDA GONZALESJun 12, 2025Jun 12, 20251
AM87983NCBLANKS AND FAMILY TRANSPORT LLCAug 9, 2023Dec 19, 20232
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 25, 2026