Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Western Trailer Company

5DN115346JB000711 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
26 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 6
First seenMay 14, 2024
OR
Last seenJul 7, 2026
ID
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5DN115346JB000711
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2018
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 10, 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
11534

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

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
000711

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 · 384 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Western Trailer Company

Prefix basis · 384 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
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 · May 14, 2024 – Jul 7, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 7, 2026IDII · Walk-around3CAVEMAN TRANSPORT LTD 5514426XX037/AB
Jul 7, 2026IDII · Walk-around3CAVEMAN TRANSPORT LTD 5514426XX037/AB
Apr 16, 2026UTIII · Driver-only1CAVEMAN TRANSPORT LTD 5514426XX037/AB
May 14, 2025MTI · Full0CAVEMAN TRANSPORT LTD 5514426HD436/AB
Jun 3, 2024NDIII · Driver-only0CAVEMAN TRANSPORT LTD 5514426HD436/AB
May 14, 2024ORI · Full0CAVEMAN TRANSPORT LTD 5514426HD436/AB
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CAVEMAN TRANSPORT LTD551442May 14, 2024Jul 7, 20266AB
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.
6XX037AB2CAVEMAN TRANSPORT LTDApr 16, 2026Jul 7, 20263
6HD436ABCAVEMAN TRANSPORT LTDMay 14, 2024May 14, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 10, 2026