Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2015 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N148205F1568926 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
23 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 4
First seenJul 27, 2023
TN
Last seenJun 20, 2025
TN
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13N148205F1568926
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
2015
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 5, 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
13N

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
14820

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1985 or 2015

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

North American serial sequence
568926

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
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Prefix basis · 5,012 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 5,012 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
2015

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

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 · Jul 27, 2023 – Jun 20, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 20, 2025TNIII · Driver-only0RA WELCH AND SONS TRUCKING LLC 548572U527954/TN
Nov 8, 2024KYI · Full3OOSRA WELCH AND SONS TRUCKING LLC 548572U527954/TN
Mar 14, 2024ALIII · Driver-only0RA WELCH AND SONS TRUCKING LLC 548572U527954/TN
Jul 27, 2023TNII · Walk-around1OOSRA WELCH AND SONS TRUCKING LLC 548572T527954/TN
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RA WELCH AND SONS TRUCKING LLC548572Jul 27, 2023Jun 20, 20254TN
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.
U527954TNRA WELCH AND SONS TRUCKING LLCMar 14, 2024Jun 20, 20253
T527954TNRA WELCH AND SONS TRUCKING LLCJul 27, 2023Jul 27, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 5, 2026