Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Take 3 Trailers Inc

1T9LS4818LB540078 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
11 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 8
First seenJan 30, 2024
TN
Last seenDec 30, 2024
PA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1T9LS4818LB540078
Make
Take 3 Trailers Inc
Model
Take 3 Trailers Inc
Model year
2020
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 13, 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
LS481

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
540078

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 · 347 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Take 3 Trailers Inc

Prefix basis · 347 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
2020

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 · Jan 30, 2024 – Dec 30, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 30, 2024PAI · Full0KLU EXPRESS CORPORATION 4003622XPX5896/PA
Oct 6, 2024NCI · Full0KLU EXPRESS CORPORATION 4003622XPS2547/PA
Sep 27, 2024NCI · Full0KLU EXPRESS CORPORATION 4003622XPS2547/PA
Sep 11, 2024TNI · Full3KLU EXPRESS CORPORATION 4003622XPS2547/PA
Jun 5, 2024TNI · Full0KLU EXPRESS CORPORATION 4003622PTO89L3/PA
Apr 4, 2024KYIII · Driver-only0KLU EXPRESS CORPORATION 4003622XPS2547/PA
Feb 14, 2024NEI · Full1KLU EXPRESS CORPORATION 4003622PT089L3/PA
Jan 30, 2024TNI · Full1KLU EXPRESS CORPORATION 4003622PT089L3/UK
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
KLU EXPRESS CORPORATION4003622Jan 30, 2024Dec 30, 20248PA
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.
XPX5896PAKLU EXPRESS CORPORATIONDec 30, 2024Dec 30, 20241
XPS2547PAKLU EXPRESS CORPORATIONApr 4, 2024Oct 6, 20244
PTO89L3PAKLU EXPRESS CORPORATIONJun 5, 2024Jun 5, 20241
PT089L3PAKLU EXPRESS CORPORATIONFeb 14, 2024Feb 14, 20241
PT089L3UKKLU EXPRESS CORPORATIONJan 30, 2024Jan 30, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 13, 2026