Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2008 Bedard Tankers Inc Dry Bulk

2B9A1KC5884007286 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenAug 2, 2023
NH
Last seenAug 18, 2025
NH
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
2B9A1KC5884007286
Make
Bedard Tankers Inc
Model
Dry Bulk
Model year
2008
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 1, 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
2B9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
A1KC5

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
2008 or 2038

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

North American serial sequence
007286

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
BEDARD TANKERS INC

Prefix basis · 23 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Dry Bulk

Prefix basis · 23 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
2008

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
BEDARD TANKERS INC

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Dry Bulk

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 2, 2023 – Aug 18, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 18, 2025NHII · Walk-around0L BRETON TRANSPORT LTD 18685RJ7875L/QC
Apr 10, 2024VTIII · Driver-only0L BRETON TRANSPORT LTD 18685RJ7875L/PQ
Aug 2, 2023NHII · Walk-around0L BRETON TRANSPORT LTD 18685RJ7875L/PQ
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
L BRETON TRANSPORT LTD18685Aug 2, 2023Aug 18, 20253QC
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.
RJ7875LQCL BRETON TRANSPORT LTDAug 18, 2025Aug 18, 20251
RJ7875LPQL BRETON TRANSPORT LTDAug 2, 2023Apr 10, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 1, 2026