Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Heil Trailer International

5HTAB4439G7K81612 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 8
First seenAug 24, 2023
ME
Last seenMar 25, 2026
ME
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5HTAB4439G7K81612
Make
Heil Trailer International
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2016
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 18, 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
5HT

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
AB443

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
K81612

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
HEIL TRAILER INTERNATIONAL

Prefix basis · 33 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Heil Trailer International

Prefix basis · 33 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
2016

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
HEIL TRAILER INTERNATIONAL

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

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 24, 2023 – Mar 25, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 25, 2026MEI · Full0R H FOSTER ENERGY LLC 257800B646168/ME
Nov 10, 2025MEI · Full0R H FOSTER ENERGY LLC 257800B646168/ME
Jul 31, 2025MEI · Full1R H FOSTER ENERGY LLC 257800B646168/ME
Apr 8, 2025MEI · Full0R H FOSTER ENERGY LLC 257800B646168/ME
Sep 20, 2024MEI · Full1R H FOSTER ENERGY LLC 257800B646168/ME
Mar 18, 2024MEI · Full0R H FOSTER ENERGY LLC 257800B645168/ME
Nov 15, 2023MEI · Full0R H FOSTER ENERGY LLC 257800B646168/ME
Aug 24, 2023MEI · Full1R H FOSTER ENERGY LLC 257800B646168/ME
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
R H FOSTER ENERGY LLC257800Aug 24, 2023Mar 25, 20268ME
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.
B646168MER H FOSTER ENERGY LLCAug 24, 2023Mar 25, 20267
B645168MER H FOSTER ENERGY LLCMar 18, 2024Mar 18, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 18, 2026