Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2000 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N148300Y5992685 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
24 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenSep 19, 2023
FL
Last seenSep 14, 2025
AL
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 24 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
13N148300Y5992685
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
2000
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
14830

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

Model year candidates
2000 or 2030

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

North American serial sequence
992685

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 · 1,781 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 1,781 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
2000

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 19, 2023 – Sep 14, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 14, 2025ALIII · Driver-only2BLACK HAT EXPRESS LLC 4183746A132513/AL
Apr 4, 2025GAIII · Driver-only2ALLSOUTH PRE-ENGINEERED COMPONENTS 2192118A132513/AL
Sep 16, 2024SCIII · Driver-only0PRIME TRANSPORT INC 327540A132513/AL
Sep 19, 2023FLIII · Driver-only0PRIME TRANSPORT INC 327540A132513/AL
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Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BLACK HAT EXPRESS LLC4183746Sep 14, 2025Sep 14, 20251GA
ALLSOUTH PRE-ENGINEERED COMPONENTS2192118Apr 4, 2025Apr 4, 20251AL
PRIME TRANSPORT INC327540Sep 19, 2023Sep 16, 20242IN
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.
A132513ALBLACK HAT EXPRESS LLCSep 14, 2025Sep 14, 20251
A132513ALALLSOUTH PRE-ENGINEERED COMPONENTSApr 4, 2025Apr 4, 20251
A132513ALPRIME TRANSPORT INCSep 19, 2023Sep 16, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 5, 2026