Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2025 Sundowner

13SCG4837S1CA5494 · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
19 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections5
of 6
First seenSep 30, 2024
MN
Last seenApr 18, 2026
SD
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 19 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.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
13SCG4837S1CA5494
Make
Sundowner
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2025
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 8, 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
13S

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
CG483

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1995 or 2025

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

North American serial sequence
CA5494

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
2025

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
SUNDOWNER

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 · Sep 30, 2024 – Apr 18, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 18, 2026SDIII · Driver-only4OOSSHEARER THING LOGISTICS LLC 4056453CSN3408/MN
Feb 18, 2025WII · Full7OOSSHEARER THING LOGISTICS LLC 4056453CSN3408/MN
Dec 8, 2024IAIII · Driver-only3OOSSHEARER THING LOGISTICS LLC 4056453CSN3408/MN
Dec 4, 2024IAII · Walk-around4OOSSHEARER THING LOGISTICS LLC 4056453CSN3408/MN
Oct 17, 2024TNI · Full8OOSSHEARER THING LOGISTICS LLC 405645303281267/MN
Sep 30, 2024MNI · Full0HOURGLASS TRANSPORT LLC 1093252K61268/OK
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SHEARER THING LOGISTICS LLC4056453Oct 17, 2024Apr 18, 20265MN
HOURGLASS TRANSPORT LLC1093252Sep 30, 2024Sep 30, 20241OK
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.
CSN3408MNSHEARER THING LOGISTICS LLCDec 4, 2024Apr 18, 20264
03281267MNSHEARER THING LOGISTICS LLCOct 17, 2024Oct 17, 20241
K61268OKHOURGLASS TRANSPORT LLCSep 30, 2024Sep 30, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 8, 2026