Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2008 Construction Trailer Specialists

5TU3432278S000488 · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
33 mo
Inspections13
all-time
OOS inspections7
of 13
First seenJul 5, 2023
TX
Last seenApr 16, 2026
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5TU3432278S000488
Make
Construction Trailer Specialists
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2008
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 10, 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
5TU

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
34322

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
2008 or 2038

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

North American serial sequence
000488

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
CONSTRUCTION TRAILER SPECIALISTS

Prefix basis · 178 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
CONSTRUCTION TRAILER SPECIALISTS

Prefix basis · 178 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
2008

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
CONSTRUCTION TRAILER SPECIALISTS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Not established

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 5, 2023 – Apr 16, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 16, 2026TXII · Walk-around12OOSRULAS TRANSPORT LLC 3702235079B846/TX
Mar 27, 2026TXII · Walk-around11OOSRULAS TRANSPORT LLC 3702235079B846/TX
Feb 24, 2026TXII · Walk-around10OOSRULAS TRANSPORT LLC 3702235079B846/TX
Jan 12, 2026TXII · Walk-around16OOSRULAS TRANSPORT LLC 3702235079B846/TX
Oct 3, 2025TXII · Walk-around5RULAS TRANSPORT LLC 3702235079B846/TX
Jul 10, 2025TXII · Walk-around9RULAS TRANSPORT LLC 3702235079B846/TX
Apr 1, 2025TXI · Full5RULAS TRANSPORT LLC 3702235079B846/TX
Oct 4, 2024TXI · Full3OOSRULAS TRANSPORT LLC 3702235079B846/TX
Sep 6, 2024TXII · Walk-around4RULAS TRANSPORT LLC 3702235079B846/TX
Apr 8, 2024TXII · Walk-around2RULAS TRANSPORT LLC 3702235079B846/TX
Sep 19, 2023TXI · Full12OOSRULAS TRANSPORT LLC 3702235079B846/TX
Aug 24, 2023TXII · Walk-around6OOSRULAS TRANSPORT LLC 3702235079B846/TX
Jul 5, 2023TXII · Walk-around4RULAS TRANSPORT LLC 3702235079B846/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RULAS TRANSPORT LLC3702235Jul 5, 2023Apr 16, 202613TX
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.
079B846TXRULAS TRANSPORT LLCJul 5, 2023Apr 16, 202613
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 10, 2026