Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Cif Industries, Inc

4C9SS5027JS345039 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
37 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 8
First seenJun 19, 2023
OH
Last seenJul 2, 2026
OH
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 37 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4C9SS5027JS345039
Make
Cif Industries, Inc
Model
CIF Industries, Inc
Model year
2018
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 30, 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
4C9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
SS502

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
345039

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
2018

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
CIF INDUSTRIES, INC

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
CIF Industries, 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 · Jun 19, 2023 – Jul 2, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 2, 2026OHIII · Driver-only2HEISTADS TRUCKING LLC 4337184TRN5916/OH
May 1, 2026OHII · Walk-around4HEISTADS TRUCKING LLC 4337184TRN5916/OH
Jul 3, 2025OHII · Walk-around11OOSHEISTADS WRECKER SERVICE 432233TRN5916/OH
Jun 17, 2025OHII · Walk-around6OOSHEISTADS TRUCKING LLC 4337184TRN5916/OH
Dec 6, 2024OHII · Walk-around3OOSHEISTADS WRECKER SERVICE 432233TRN5916/OH
Mar 13, 2024OHIII · Driver-only0HEISTADS WRECKER SERVICE 432233TRN5916/OH
Feb 19, 2024OHII · Walk-around6HEISTADS WRECKER SERVICE 432233TRN5916/OH
Jun 19, 2023OHII · Walk-around4HEISTADS WRECKER SERVICE 432233TRN5916/OH
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HEISTADS TRUCKING LLC4337184Jun 17, 2025Jul 2, 20263OH
HEISTADS WRECKER SERVICE432233Jun 19, 2023Jul 3, 20255OH
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.
TRN5916OH2HEISTADS TRUCKING LLCJun 17, 2025Jul 2, 20263
TRN5916OHHEISTADS WRECKER SERVICEJun 19, 2023Jul 3, 20255
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 30, 2026