Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Appalachian Trailer Sales

541FC362XHM001004 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 4
First seenJun 26, 2023
MD
Last seenJan 14, 2026
VA
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
541FC362XHM001004
Make
Appalachian Trailer Sales
Model
Appalachian Trailer Sales
Model year
2017
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 13, 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
541

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
FC362

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

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
001004

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
APPALACHIAN TRAILER SALES

Prefix basis · 11 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Appalachian Trailer Sales

Prefix basis · 11 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
APPALACHIAN TRAILER SALES

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Appalachian Trailer Sales

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 – Jan 14, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 14, 2026VAI · Full9OOSLEMONS HAULING SERVICES LLC 37386275084808/ME
Mar 14, 2024MDII · Walk-around0LEMONS HAULING SERVICES LLC 37386275082083/ME
Nov 28, 2023MDI · Full0LEMONS HAULING SERVICES LLC 37386275084808/ME
Jun 26, 2023MDII · Walk-around0LEMONS HAULING SERVICES LLC 37386274084808/ME
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
LEMONS HAULING SERVICES LLC3738627Jun 26, 2023Jan 14, 20264MD
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.
5084808MELEMONS HAULING SERVICES LLCNov 28, 2023Jan 14, 20262
5082083MELEMONS HAULING SERVICES LLCMar 14, 2024Mar 14, 20241
4084808MELEMONS HAULING SERVICES LLCJun 26, 2023Jun 26, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 13, 2026