Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2015 Western Trailer Company

5DN114820FB000485 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
32 mo
Inspections9
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 9
First seenSep 7, 2023
CA
Last seenMay 12, 2026
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 32 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.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5DN114820FB000485
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2015
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 16, 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
5DN

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
11482

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

Model year candidates
1985 or 2015

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

North American serial sequence
000485

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
WESTERN TRAILER COMPANY

Prefix basis · 374 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Western Trailer Company

Prefix basis · 374 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
2015

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
WESTERN TRAILER COMPANY

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Western Trailer Company

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 7, 2023 – May 12, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 12, 2026CAI · Full0MIKE LOWRIE TRANSPORT INC 6349194NB9963/CA
Nov 12, 2025CAII · Walk-around0MIKE LOWRIE TRANSPORT INC 6349194NB9963/CA
Oct 8, 2025CAI · Full3OOSMIKE LOWRIE TRANSPORT INC 6349194NB9963/CA
Apr 29, 2025CAI · Full2MIKE LOWRIE TRANSPORT INC 6349194NB9963/CA
Apr 10, 2025CAI · Full4MIKE LOWRIE TRANSPORT INC 6349194NB9963/CA
Dec 19, 2024CAI · Full4OOSMIKE LOWRIE TRANSPORT INC 6349194NB9963/CA
Apr 22, 2024CAI · Full1MIKE LOWRIE TRUCKING INC 3515604NB9963/CA
Sep 12, 2023CAI · Full0MIKE LOWRIE TRUCKING INC 3515604NB9963/CA
Sep 7, 2023CAIII · Driver-only0MIKE LOWRIE TRUCKING INC 3515604NB9963/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MIKE LOWRIE TRANSPORT INC634919Dec 19, 2024May 12, 20266CA
MIKE LOWRIE TRUCKING INC351560Sep 7, 2023Apr 22, 20243CA
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.
4NB9963CAMIKE LOWRIE TRANSPORT INCDec 19, 2024May 12, 20266
4NB9963CAMIKE LOWRIE TRUCKING INCSep 7, 2023Apr 22, 20243
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026