Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Heil Trailer International

3H4SS4229H3700265 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
23 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 4
First seenNov 8, 2023
CA
Last seenOct 22, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3H4SS4229H3700265
Make
Heil Trailer International
Model
Heil Trailer International
Model year
2017
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 12, 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
3H4

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
SS422

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

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
700265

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
HEIL TRAILER INTERNATIONAL

Prefix basis · 127 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Heil Trailer International

Prefix basis · 127 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
2017

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
HEIL TRAILER INTERNATIONAL

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Heil Trailer International

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 · Nov 8, 2023 – Oct 22, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 22, 2025CAI · Full0AMERICAN EAGLE TRANSPORTATION LLC 2315083A537843/UT
Mar 18, 2025NVII · Walk-around1AMERICAN EAGLE TRANSPORTATION LLC 2315083A537843/UT
Dec 12, 2024CAI · Full2AMERICAN EAGLE TRANSPORTATION LLC 2315083A537843/UT
Nov 8, 2023CAI · Full3OOSAMERICAN EAGLE TRANSPORTATION LLC 2315083A537843/UT
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
AMERICAN EAGLE TRANSPORTATION LLC2315083Nov 8, 2023Oct 22, 20254UT
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.
A537843UTAMERICAN EAGLE TRANSPORTATION LLCNov 8, 2023Oct 22, 20254
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 12, 2026