Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2013 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N2532C4D1562384 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
27 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 6
First seenAug 18, 2023
NM
Last seenNov 17, 2025
US
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 27 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
13N2532C4D1562384
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
2013
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 21, 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
2532C

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
1983 or 2013

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

North American serial sequence
562384

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 · 1,607 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 1,607 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
2013

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 · Aug 18, 2023 – Nov 17, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 17, 2025USI · Full4OOSINDUSTRIAL CARGO LLC 1898763274B364/TX
Jun 18, 2025NMII · Walk-around0INDUSTRIAL CARGO LLC 1898763176B497/TX
Jun 17, 2025TXII · Walk-around3INDUSTRIAL CARGO LLC 1898763176B497/TX
Mar 5, 2025SDII · Walk-around2OOSINDUSTRIAL CARGO LLC 1898763176B497/TX
May 24, 2024TXII · Walk-around5OOSINDUSTRIAL CARGO LLC 1898763176B497/TX
Aug 18, 2023NMIII · Driver-only1REDHILL'S EXPRESS CARRIERS LLC 2473369176B479/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
INDUSTRIAL CARGO LLC1898763May 24, 2024Nov 17, 20255TX
REDHILL'S EXPRESS CARRIERS LLC2473369Aug 18, 2023Aug 18, 20231TX
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.
274B364TXINDUSTRIAL CARGO LLCNov 17, 2025Nov 17, 20251
176B497TXINDUSTRIAL CARGO LLCMay 24, 2024Jun 18, 20254
176B479TXREDHILL'S EXPRESS CARRIERS LLCAug 18, 2023Aug 18, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026