Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Fontaine Trailer Co.

57JM05109J35P1355 · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
26 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 3
First seenMay 21, 2024
NE
Last seenJul 29, 2026
TX
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 26 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
57JM05109J35P1355
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2018
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Sep 3, 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
57J

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
M0510

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

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
5P1355

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
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Prefix basis · 34 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 34 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
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Not established

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · May 21, 2024 – Jul 29, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 29, 2026TXI · Full15OOSMAITLAND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LTD 341400AC474V/ON
May 30, 2024NEII · Walk-around1OOS1247943 ONTARIO LIMITED 1971422R8612C/ON
May 21, 2024NEIII · Driver-only11247943 ONTARIO LIMITED 1971422R8612C/ON
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MAITLAND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LTD341400Jul 29, 2026Jul 29, 20261ON
1247943 ONTARIO LIMITED1971422May 21, 2024May 30, 20242ON
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.
AC474VON3MAITLAND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LTDJul 29, 2026Jul 29, 20261
R8612CON1247943 ONTARIO LIMITEDMay 21, 2024May 30, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Sep 3, 2026