Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Sure-Trac Sure-Trac Trailers

5JW2U2528H3162479 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
36 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections5
of 8
First seenJul 6, 2023
MD
Last seenJul 30, 2026
VA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5JW2U2528H3162479
Make
Sure-Trac
Model
Sure-Trac Trailers
Model year
2017
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 20, 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
5JW

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
2U252

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
162479

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
2017

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
SURE-TRAC

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Sure-Trac Trailers

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jul 6, 2023 – Jul 30, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 30, 2026VAI · Full9OOSEMPIRE LANDSCAPE LLC 1182292471546X/MD
Sep 9, 2025MDII · Walk-around3OOSEMPIRE LANDSCAPE LLC 1182292471546X/MD
Nov 12, 2024MDII · Walk-around3EMPIRE LANDSCAPE LLC 1182292248606X/MD
Nov 20, 2023VAIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE LANDSCAPE LLC 1182292248606X/MD
Sep 27, 2023MDII · Walk-around1OOSEMPIRE LANDSCAPE LLC 1182292248606X/MD
Aug 10, 2023MDII · Walk-around1OOSEMPIRE LANDSCAPE LLC 1182292248606X/MD
Jul 20, 2023MDI · Full4OOSEMPIRE LANDSCAPE LLC 1182292248606X/MD
Jul 6, 2023MDII · Walk-around2EMPIRE LANDSCAPE LLC 1182292248606X/MD
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
EMPIRE LANDSCAPE LLC1182292Jul 6, 2023Jul 30, 20268MD
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.
471546XMD2EMPIRE LANDSCAPE LLCSep 9, 2025Jul 30, 20262
248606XMDEMPIRE LANDSCAPE LLCJul 6, 2023Nov 12, 20246
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 20, 2026