Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLDR5HSHY5099 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under1
21 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 5
First seenAug 18, 2023
ND
Last seenMay 8, 2025
SD
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLDR5HSHY5099
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2017
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 30, 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
3AK

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
JGLDR

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
HY5099

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
FREIGHTLINER

Prefix basis · 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

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
2017

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FREIGHTLINER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Cascadia

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck-Tractor

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 18, 2023 – May 8, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 8, 2025SDI · Full0HERD TRANSPORT LLC 3306717PZB4737/MN
Sep 26, 2024SDII · Walk-around1OOSHERD TRANSPORT LLC 3306717PAV2222/MN
Jun 12, 2024MNIII · Driver-only1HERD TRANSPORT LLC 3306717PAV2222/MN
Mar 13, 2024SDII · Walk-around8OOSHERD TRANSPORT LLC 3306717PAV2222/MN
Aug 18, 2023NDI · Full0HERD TRANSPORT LLC 3306717PAV2222/MN
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HERD TRANSPORT LLC3306717Aug 18, 2023May 8, 20255MN
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.
PZB4737MNHERD TRANSPORT LLCMay 8, 2025May 8, 20251
PAV2222MNHERD TRANSPORT LLCAug 18, 2023Sep 26, 20244
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 30, 2026