Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Western Trailer Company

5DN12534XJB000918 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
20 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenAug 30, 2023
WA
Last seenApr 23, 2025
WA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5DN12534XJB000918
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2018
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 17, 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
12534

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

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
000918

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 · 37 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Western Trailer Company

Prefix basis · 37 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 · Aug 30, 2023 – Apr 23, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 23, 2025WAIII · Driver-only0PLUMMER FOREST PRODUCTS INC 13603320886TL/ID
Nov 26, 2024WAIII · Driver-only0PLUMMER FOREST PRODUCTS INC 13603320886TL/ID
May 3, 2024WAIII · Driver-only0PLUMMER FOREST PRODUCTS INC 13603320886TL/ID
Aug 30, 2023WAIII · Driver-only0PLUMMER FOREST PRODUCTS INC 13603320886TL/ID
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
PLUMMER FOREST PRODUCTS INC1360332Aug 30, 2023Apr 23, 20254ID
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.
0886TLIDPLUMMER FOREST PRODUCTS INCAug 30, 2023Apr 23, 20254
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 17, 2026