Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2012 Western Trailer Company

5DN11482XCB000280 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
28 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenJun 12, 2023
CA
Last seenOct 20, 2025
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 28 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
5DN11482XCB000280
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2012
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 1, 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
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

Model year candidates
1982 or 2012

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

North American serial sequence
000280

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
2012

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jun 12, 2023 – Oct 20, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 20, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0RODRIGO ALBERTO SALAZAR FLORES 41218564TX4463/CA
Aug 7, 2025USIII · Driver-only0RODRIGO ALBERTO SALAZAR FLORES 41218564TX4463/CA
Oct 10, 2023CAIII · Driver-only0DAVID RICARDO BURGOIN PEREZ 34516064TX4463/CA
Aug 8, 2023CAIII · Driver-only0DAVID RICARDO BURGOIN PEREZ 34516064TX4463/CA
Jun 12, 2023CAI · Full0DAVID RICARDO BURGOIN PEREZ 34516064TX4463/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RODRIGO ALBERTO SALAZAR FLORES4121856Aug 7, 2025Oct 20, 20252CA
DAVID RICARDO BURGOIN PEREZ3451606Jun 12, 2023Oct 10, 20233CA
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.
4TX4463CARODRIGO ALBERTO SALAZAR FLORESAug 7, 2025Oct 20, 20252
4TX4463CADAVID RICARDO BURGOIN PEREZJun 12, 2023Oct 10, 20233
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 1, 2026