Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Freightliner Columbia

3ALXA7CK1HDJB4500 · Incomplete - Glider · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Columbia 120
Carriers run under1
27 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenSep 14, 2023
IN
Last seenDec 22, 2025
MO
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3ALXA7CK1HDJB4500
Make
Freightliner
Model
Columbia
Model year
2017
Body class
Incomplete - Glider
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 3, 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
3AL

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
XA7CK

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

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
JB4500

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 · 17 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Columbia

Prefix basis · 17 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Columbia 120

Sourced label · prefix basis 17 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

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
2017

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FREIGHTLINER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Columbia

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Incomplete - Glider

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 14, 2023 – Dec 22, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 22, 2025MOII · Walk-around0ROADREADY TRANSFER SERVICE INC 28437225447Z/WI
Jul 28, 2025WIII · Walk-around0ROADREADY TRANSFER SERVICE INC 28437225447Z/WI
Jun 26, 2025WIII · Walk-around1ROADREADY TRANSFER SERVICE INC 28437225447Z/WI
Dec 16, 2024IAII · Walk-around0ROADREADY TRANSFER SERVICE INC 28437225447Z/WI
Sep 14, 2023INIII · Driver-only0ROADREADY TRANSFER SERVICE INC 28437225447Z/WI
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ROADREADY TRANSFER SERVICE INC284372Sep 14, 2023Dec 22, 20255WI
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.
25447ZWIROADREADY TRANSFER SERVICE INCSep 14, 2023Dec 22, 20255
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 3, 2026