Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2014 Cottrell

5E0AZ1440EG538001 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
28 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 4
First seenSep 20, 2023
FL
Last seenJan 31, 2026
SC
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.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5E0AZ1440EG538001
Make
Cottrell
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2014
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 7, 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
5E0

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
AZ144

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

Model year candidates
1984 or 2014

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

North American serial sequence
538001

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.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

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
2014

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
COTTRELL

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Not established

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

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 20, 2023 – Jan 31, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 31, 2026SCII · Walk-around5OOSWILL HAYES ENTERPRISES LLC 2953457DC16443/NC
Jan 30, 2026FLII · Walk-around8OOSWILL HAYES ENTERPRISES LLC 2953457DC16443/NC
Oct 30, 2023UTII · Walk-around4MNL CARRIER LLC 40754335211532/ME
Sep 20, 2023FLIII · Driver-only2MNL CARRIER LLC 40754335211532/ME
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
WILL HAYES ENTERPRISES LLC2953457Jan 30, 2026Jan 31, 20262NC
MNL CARRIER LLC4075433Sep 20, 2023Oct 30, 20232FL
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.
DC16443NCWILL HAYES ENTERPRISES LLCJan 30, 2026Jan 31, 20262
5211532MEMNL CARRIER LLCSep 20, 2023Oct 30, 20232
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 7, 2026