Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Kaufman Trailers Of Ne, Inc.

5SHFE4434LB000149 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
7 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 5
First seenNov 11, 2025
LA
Last seenJun 25, 2026
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5SHFE4434LB000149
Make
Kaufman Trailers Of Ne, Inc.
Model
Kaufman Trailers of NE, Inc.
Model year
2020
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 16, 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
5SH

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
FE443

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
000149

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
KAUFMAN TRAILERS OF NE, INC.

Prefix basis · 26 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Kaufman Trailers of NE, Inc.

Prefix basis · 26 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
2020

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
KAUFMAN TRAILERS OF NE, INC.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Kaufman Trailers of NE, Inc.

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Nov 11, 2025 – Jun 25, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 25, 2026TXII · Walk-around2OOSCAROLINA TRANSPORTATION INC 1544288J308915/LA
Mar 24, 2026LAI · Full0CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION INC 1544288J308915/LA
Dec 10, 2025LAI · Full0CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION INC 1544288J308915/LA
Dec 2, 2025TXI · Full2OOSCAROLINA TRANSPORTATION INC 1544288J308915/LA
Nov 11, 2025LAIII · Driver-only0CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION INC 1544288J308915/LA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION INC1544288Nov 11, 2025Jun 25, 20265NC
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.
J308915LA2CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION INCNov 11, 2025Jun 25, 20265
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 16, 2026