Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2023 Buffalo Trailer Manufacturing Buffalo Trailer Manufacturing Inc.

4B9B1DA27PS098008 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
16 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenJun 10, 2024
IL
Last seenOct 2, 2025
IL
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4B9B1DA27PS098008
Make
Buffalo Trailer Manufacturing
Model
Buffalo Trailer Manufacturing Inc.
Model year
2023
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 14, 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
4B9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
B1DA2

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1993 or 2023

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

North American serial sequence
098008

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
BUFFALO TRAILER MANUFACTURING

Prefix basis · 4 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Buffalo Trailer Manufacturing Inc.

Prefix basis · 4 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
2023

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
BUFFALO TRAILER MANUFACTURING

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Buffalo Trailer Manufacturing Inc.

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 · Jun 10, 2024 – Oct 2, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 2, 2025ILIII · Driver-only2BRACKENBOX INC 1330480942171ST/IL
Jun 16, 2025ILIII · Driver-only1BRACKENBOX INC 1330480942171ST/IL
Aug 15, 2024ILIII · Driver-only0BRACKENBOX INC 1330480942171ST/IL
Jun 10, 2024ILII · Walk-around1BRACKENBOX INC 1330480942171ST/IL
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BRACKENBOX INC1330480Jun 10, 2024Oct 2, 20254IL
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.
942171STILBRACKENBOX INCJun 10, 2024Oct 2, 20254
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 14, 2026