Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDR0LSKZ7498 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under1
21 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 10
First seenAug 11, 2023
AL
Last seenMay 2, 2025
PA
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHHDR0LSKZ7498
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2020
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 4, 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
JHHDR

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

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
KZ7498

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 · 146,134 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 146,134 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
126

Sourced label · prefix basis 146,134 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
126

Sourced label · prefix basis 146,134 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 146,134 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
2020

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 11, 2023 – May 2, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 2, 2025PAIII · Driver-only6OOSUPGRADE SERVICES INC 2887744R716121/TX
Nov 5, 2024CAI · Full6OOSUPGRADE SERVICES INC 2887744R716121/TX
Oct 30, 2024INIII · Driver-only3UPGRADE SERVICES INC 2887744R716121/TX
Sep 14, 2024NVII · Walk-around3UPGRADE SERVICES INC 2887744R716121/TX
Sep 6, 2024NEII · Walk-around2UPGRADE SERVICES INC 2887744R716121/TX
Aug 31, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0UPGRADE SERVICES INC 2887744R716121/TX
Apr 15, 2024CAI · Full0UPGRADE SERVICES INC 2887744R716121/TX
Mar 27, 2024TXII · Walk-around5UPGRADE SERVICES INC 2887744R71621/TX
Mar 17, 2024UTIII · Driver-only0UPGRADE SERVICES INC 2887744R716121/TX
Aug 11, 2023ALIII · Driver-only0UPGRADE SERVICES INC 2887744YP92220/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
UPGRADE SERVICES INC2887744Aug 11, 2023May 2, 202510TX
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.
R716121TX1UPGRADE SERVICES INCMar 17, 2024May 2, 20258
R71621TX1UPGRADE SERVICES INCMar 27, 2024Mar 27, 20241
YP92220CA1UPGRADE SERVICES INCAug 11, 2023Aug 11, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 4, 2026