Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Mac Trailer Manufacturing

5MAPA4820GA033831 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
27 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 5
First seenJul 3, 2023
TN
Last seenOct 15, 2025
NE
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5MAPA4820GA033831
Make
Mac Trailer Manufacturing
Model
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING
Model year
2016
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 13, 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
5MA

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
PA482

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

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
033831

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
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING

Prefix basis · 1,229 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING

Prefix basis · 1,229 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
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING

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 · Jul 3, 2023 – Oct 15, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 15, 2025NEIII · Driver-only1OOSSHIPPERS CHOICE TRANSPORTATION LLC 952136U564161/TN
Sep 2, 2025KYI · Full0SHIPPERS CHOICE TRANSPORTATION LLC 952136U564161/TN
Jan 29, 2025TNI · Full1OOSSHIPPERS CHOICE TRANSPORTATION LLC 952136U564161/TN
Sep 19, 2023OKI · Full0SHIPPERS CHOICE TRANSPORTATION LLC 952136U564161/TN
Jul 3, 2023TNII · Walk-around0SHIPPERS CHOICE TRANSPORTATION LLC 952136U564161/TN
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SHIPPERS CHOICE TRANSPORTATION LLC952136Jul 3, 2023Oct 15, 20255TN
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.
U564161TNSHIPPERS CHOICE TRANSPORTATION LLCJul 3, 2023Oct 15, 20255
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 13, 2026