Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Kaufman Trailers Of Nc

5VGFL4331JL001237 · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
12 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 6
First seenJan 30, 2025
KY
Last seenJan 8, 2026
UT
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 12 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5VGFL4331JL001237
Make
Kaufman Trailers Of Nc
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2018
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 8, 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
5VG

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
FL433

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
001237

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
2018

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
KAUFMAN TRAILERS OF NC

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

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jan 30, 2025 – Jan 8, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 8, 2026UTI · Full5OOSHAULDEX LLC 4489350970154/IL
May 2, 2025MTII · Walk-around0K1K TRANS LLC 4282391970154ST/IL
Mar 5, 2025TXI · Full5OOSK1K TRANS LLC 4282391NONE/IL
Feb 26, 2025OHIII · Driver-only1K1K TRANS LLC 4282391970154ST/IL
Feb 21, 2025IAII · Walk-around7OOSK1K TRANS LLC 4282391970154ST/IA
Jan 30, 2025KYIII · Driver-only1K1K TRANS LLC 4282391970154ST/IL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HAULDEX LLC4489350Jan 8, 2026Jan 8, 20261ND
K1K TRANS LLC4282391Jan 30, 2025May 2, 20255IL
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.
970154ILHAULDEX LLCJan 8, 2026Jan 8, 20261
970154STILK1K TRANS LLCJan 30, 2025May 2, 20253
NONEILK1K TRANS LLCMar 5, 2025Mar 5, 20251
970154STIAK1K TRANS LLCFeb 21, 2025Feb 21, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 8, 2026