Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Gator Made Gator Made Inc.

4Z1GF4022JS043683 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
30 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 3
First seenJun 26, 2023
TN
Last seenDec 23, 2025
MS
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4Z1GF4022JS043683
Make
Gator Made
Model
Gator Made Inc.
Model year
2018
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
4Z1

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
GF402

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

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
043683

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
GATOR MADE

Prefix basis · 337 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Gator Made Inc.

Prefix basis · 337 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
2018

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
GATOR MADE

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Gator Made 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 26, 2023 – Dec 23, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 23, 2025MSI · Full0RANSOM TRANSPORT LLC 311110338C0082/AL
Jul 14, 2025TXII · Walk-around7OOSRANSOM TRANSPORT LLC 311110338C0082/AL
Jun 26, 2023TNI · Full1RANSOM TRANSPORT LLC 31111033BA1YX1/AL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RANSOM TRANSPORT LLC3111103Jun 26, 2023Dec 23, 20253AL
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.
38C0082ALRANSOM TRANSPORT LLCJul 14, 2025Dec 23, 20252
3BA1YX1ALRANSOM TRANSPORT LLCJun 26, 2023Jun 26, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 9, 2026