Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2009 Mac Trailer Manufacturing

5MAPA48289A017556 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
27 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 7
First seenAug 22, 2023
TX
Last seenNov 11, 2025
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5MAPA48289A017556
Make
Mac Trailer Manufacturing
Model
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING
Model year
2009
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 15, 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
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
2009 or 2039

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

North American serial sequence
017556

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
2009

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 · Aug 22, 2023 – Nov 11, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 11, 2025TXII · Walk-around5OOSFALCON TRANSPORT INC 2898299238MAU/SK
Aug 29, 2025COIII · Driver-only0FALCON TRANSPORT INC 2898299238MAU/SK
Oct 19, 2024KSII · Walk-around2FALCON TRANSPORT INC 2898299238MAU/SK
Jun 23, 2024MOI · Full3OOSFALCON TRANSPORT INC 2898299238MAU/SK
Jun 9, 2024NDI · Full6FALCON TRANSPORT INC 2898299238MAU/SK
May 8, 2024SDIII · Driver-only0FALCON TRANSPORT INC 2898299238MAU/SK
Aug 22, 2023TXII · Walk-around2FALCON TRANSPORT INC 2898299238MAU/SK
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
FALCON TRANSPORT INC2898299Aug 22, 2023Nov 11, 20257SK
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.
238MAUSKFALCON TRANSPORT INCAug 22, 2023Nov 11, 20257
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 15, 2026