Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Kaufman Trailers Of Nc

5VGFW5339JL004237 · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
18 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 6
First seenJan 29, 2025
AL
Last seenJul 10, 2026
FL
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5VGFW5339JL004237
Make
Kaufman Trailers Of Nc
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2018
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 11, 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
FW533

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

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
004237

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 29, 2025 – Jul 10, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 10, 2026FLI · Full15OOSKIN TOWING INC 3925516QB85WR/FL
May 15, 2026LAIII · Driver-only1KIN TOWING INC 3925516QB85WR/FL
Dec 18, 2025GAII · Walk-around15KIN TOWING INC 3925516QB98MB/FL
Apr 10, 2025KYI · Full8OOSKIN TOWING INC 3925516QB98MB/FL
Apr 2, 2025LAI · Full0KIN TOWING INC 3925516QB98MB/FL
Jan 29, 2025ALI · Full18OOSKIN TOWING INC 3925516QB98MB/FL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
KIN TOWING INC3925516Jan 29, 2025Jul 10, 20266FL
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.
QB85WRFL2KIN TOWING INCMay 15, 2026Jul 10, 20262
QB98MBFLKIN TOWING INCJan 29, 2025Dec 18, 20254
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 11, 2026