Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2023 Kaufman Trailers Group, Llc

7UZFW5035PL000580 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
10 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections6
of 6
First seenJul 10, 2025
MO
Last seenMay 12, 2026
MO
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 10 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.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
7UZFW5035PL000580
Make
Kaufman Trailers Group, Llc
Model
Kaufman Trailers Group, LLC
Model year
2023
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Sep 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
7UZ

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
FW503

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1993 or 2023

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

North American serial sequence
Not established

Not asserted outside North American WMIs; positions 12–17 may follow another regional convention.

No source established for this field.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Temporarily unavailable

The platform resolver did not return a reliable response

Deterministic validation above is complete. Platform fields are withheld because an outage is not evidence that the VIN has no known platform.

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
2023

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
KAUFMAN TRAILERS GROUP, LLC

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Kaufman Trailers Group, LLC

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.

VIN-level rule claims

Rules published for individual VIN positions beyond the prefix — applied with the WMI, prefix, and model-year guards each rule was validated under. Year-scoped rules were checked against model year 2023, established by the federal observation agreeing with a position-10 candidate.

Temporarily unavailable

The VIN-level rule resolver did not return a reliable response

Deterministic validation and the prefix-level results above are unaffected. An outage here is not evidence that no VIN-level rule applies.

Not established

  • serial sequence (positions 12–17 are only asserted for North American VINs)
  • platform resolution (temporarily unavailable)

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jul 10, 2025 – May 12, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 12, 2026MOI · Full17OOSDD GROUP LLC 3730691147977TE/IL
May 1, 2026PAII · Walk-around13OOSKDN TRANSPORT GROUP LLC 4518172147974TE/IL
Apr 15, 2026MOII · Walk-around9OOSKDN TRANSPORT GROUP LLC 4518172147977TE/IL
Apr 13, 2026MOI · Full11OOSKDN TRANSPORT GROUP LLC 4518172147977TE/IL
Jul 23, 2025NEIII · Driver-only5OOSPINGVIN EXPRESS LLC 4335257147974TE/IL
Jul 10, 2025MOI · Full9OOSDD GROUP LLC 3730691147974/MO
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Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
DD GROUP LLC3730691Jul 10, 2025May 12, 20262MO
KDN TRANSPORT GROUP LLC4518172Apr 13, 2026May 1, 20263IL
PINGVIN EXPRESS LLC4335257Jul 23, 2025Jul 23, 20251IL
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.
147977TEILDD GROUP LLCMay 12, 2026May 12, 20261
147974TEILKDN TRANSPORT GROUP LLCMay 1, 2026May 1, 20261
147977TEILKDN TRANSPORT GROUP LLCApr 13, 2026Apr 15, 20262
147974TEILPINGVIN EXPRESS LLCJul 23, 2025Jul 23, 20251
147974MODD GROUP LLCJul 10, 2025Jul 10, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Sep 15, 2026