Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2023 Western Trailer Company

5DN165349PB000292 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
25 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 6
First seenMay 6, 2024
WA
Last seenJun 17, 2026
WA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 25 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
5DN165349PB000292
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2023
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 25, 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
16534

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1993 or 2023

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

North American serial sequence
000292

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.

Temporarily unavailable

The platform resolver did not return a reliable response

Deterministic validation above is complete. Platform fields are withheld because an outage is not evidence that the VIN has no known platform.

VIN-level rule claims

Rules published for individual VIN positions beyond the prefix — applied with the WMI, prefix, and model-year guards each rule was validated under. Model-year-scoped rules stay suppressed here because position 10 alone cannot establish the year.

Temporarily unavailable

The VIN-level rule resolver did not return a reliable response

Deterministic validation and the prefix-level results above are unaffected. An outage here is not evidence that no VIN-level rule applies.

Not established

  • platform resolution (temporarily unavailable)

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · May 6, 2024 – Jun 17, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 17, 2026WAI · Full2OOSA&S TRANSPORT LLC 257542724453AL/WA
Apr 23, 2026WAII · Walk-around0A&S TRANSPORT LLC 257542724453AL/WA
Jan 15, 2026WAI · Full0A&S TRANSPORT LLC 257542724453AL/WA
Jan 7, 2026ORI · Full2OOSA&S TRANSPORT LLC 257542724453AL/WA
Oct 10, 2024ORIII · Driver-only0TOM SHEARER TRUCKING LLC 71493616092AK/WA
May 6, 2024WAIII · Driver-only1TOM SHEARER TRUCKING LLC 71493616092AK/WA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
A&S TRANSPORT LLC2575427Jan 7, 2026Jun 17, 20264WA
TOM SHEARER TRUCKING LLC714936May 6, 2024Oct 10, 20242WA
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
24453ALWA2A&S TRANSPORT LLCJan 7, 2026Jun 17, 20264
16092AKWATOM SHEARER TRUCKING LLCMay 6, 2024Oct 10, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 25, 2026