Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Take 3 Trailers Inc

1T9ES4820JB540087 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
11 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 7
First seenMar 4, 2025
MA
Last seenFeb 27, 2026
ME
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1T9ES4820JB540087
Make
Take 3 Trailers Inc
Model
Take 3 Trailers Inc
Model year
2018
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 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
1T9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
ES482

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

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
540087

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
TAKE 3 TRAILERS INC

Prefix basis · 24 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Take 3 Trailers Inc

Prefix basis · 24 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
TAKE 3 TRAILERS INC

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Take 3 Trailers 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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Mar 4, 2025 – Feb 27, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 27, 2026MEI · Full4SDM AUTO LLC 4118524BU13263/CT
Jan 15, 2026NHI · Full5OOSSDM AUTO LLC 4118524BU13263/CT
Dec 2, 2025MAII · Walk-around1SDM AUTO LLC 4118524BU13263/CT
May 14, 2025MEI · Full2SDM AUTO LLC 4118524BU13263/CT
Apr 24, 2025MEI · Full1SDM AUTO LLC 4118524BU13263/CT
Mar 25, 2025MEIII · Driver-only1OOSSDM AUTO LLC 4118524BN97904/CT
Mar 4, 2025MAII · Walk-around2SDM AUTO LLC 4118524BN97904/CT
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SDM AUTO LLC4118524Mar 4, 2025Feb 27, 20267CT
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.
BU13263CTSDM AUTO LLCApr 24, 2025Feb 27, 20265
BN97904CTSDM AUTO LLCMar 4, 2025Mar 25, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 6, 2026