Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2024 Buffalo Trailer Manufacturing Buffalo Trailer Manufacturing Inc.

4B9B1DK29RS098030 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 3
First seenSep 7, 2023
IN
Last seenSep 3, 2025
IN
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4B9B1DK29RS098030
Make
Buffalo Trailer Manufacturing
Model
Buffalo Trailer Manufacturing Inc.
Model year
2024
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 9, 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
B1DK2

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1994 or 2024

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

North American serial sequence
098030

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.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

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
2024

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

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 7, 2023 – Sep 3, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 3, 2025INIII · Driver-only3MI FAMILIA HAULING CORP 3735240950329ST/IL
May 19, 2025ILI · Full15OOSMI FAMILIA HAULING CORP 3735240950329ST/IL
Sep 7, 2023INIII · Driver-only1MI FAMILIA HAULING CORP 3735240437AB474/IL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MI FAMILIA HAULING CORP3735240Sep 7, 2023Sep 3, 20253IL
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.
950329STILMI FAMILIA HAULING CORPMay 19, 2025Sep 3, 20252
437AB474ILMI FAMILIA HAULING CORPSep 7, 2023Sep 7, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 9, 2026