Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Polar Tank Trailer

1PMS34428J1049330 · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
29 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 10
First seenOct 26, 2023
NC
Last seenMar 4, 2026
NC
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1PMS34428J1049330
Make
Polar Tank Trailer
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2018
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 10, 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
1PM

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
S3442

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
049330

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
POLAR TANK TRAILER

Prefix basis · 67 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Polar Tank Trailer

Prefix basis · 67 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
POLAR TANK TRAILER

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 26, 2023 – Mar 4, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 4, 2026NCIII · Driver-only0TIDEWATER TRANSIT CO INC 90882AF84927/NC
Dec 1, 2025NCI · Full0TIDEWATER TRANSIT CO INC 90882AF84927/NC
Oct 21, 2025NCI · Full0TIDEWATER TRANSIT CO INC 90882AF84927/NC
Aug 20, 2025NCI · Full0TIDEWATER TRANSIT CO INC 90882AF84927/NC
Apr 3, 2025NCII · Walk-around0TIDEWATER TRANSIT CO INC 90882AF84927/NC
Jul 23, 2024NCII · Walk-around1TIDEWATER TRANSIT CO INC 90882AF84927/NC
Jul 17, 2024NCI · Full0TIDEWATER TRANSIT CO INC 90882AF84927/NC
Dec 26, 2023NCI · Full0TIDEWATER TRANSIT CO INC 90882AF84927/NC
Nov 13, 2023NCI · Full0TIDEWATER TRANSIT CO INC 90882AF84927/NC
Oct 26, 2023NCI · Full0TIDEWATER TRANSIT CO INC 90882AF84927/NC
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TIDEWATER TRANSIT CO INC90882Oct 26, 2023Mar 4, 202610NC
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.
AF84927NCTIDEWATER TRANSIT CO INCOct 26, 2023Mar 4, 202610
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 10, 2026