Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2023 Big Tex

16V3F4827P6282786 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
36 mo
Inspections17
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 17
First seenJun 13, 2023
US
Last seenJun 29, 2026
IN
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
16V3F4827P6282786
Make
Big Tex
Model
Big Tex
Model year
2023
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 16, 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
16V

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
3F482

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

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
282786

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
BIG TEX

Prefix basis · 2,099 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Big Tex

Prefix basis · 2,099 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
2023

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
BIG TEX

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Big Tex

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 · Jun 13, 2023 – Jun 29, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 29, 2026INI · Full0BLUE HERON TRUCKING LLC 3931218CK4781/OK
May 13, 2026MSI · Full4OOSBLUE HERON TRUCKING LLC 3931218CK4781/OK
May 13, 2026MSI · Full4OOSBLUE HERON TRUCKING LLC 3931218CK4781/OK
Mar 16, 2026NMI · Full0BLUE HERON TRUCKING LLC 3931218CK4781/OK
Sep 7, 2025LAI · Full0BLUE HERON TRUCKING LLC 3931218CJ4218/OK
Jul 19, 2025MSI · Full1BLUE HERON TRUCKING LLC 3931218CJ4218/OK
Feb 27, 2025KSI · Full2BLUE HERON TRUCKING LLC 3931218CJ4218/OK
Oct 31, 2024MOI · Full2BLUE HERON TRUCKING LLC 3931218CJ4218/OK
Oct 14, 2024TNI · Full4OOSBLUE HERON TRUCKING LLC 3931218CF5064/OK
Sep 10, 2024KYII · Walk-around0BLUE HERON TRUCKING LLC 3931218CF5064/OK
Jun 20, 2024TNI · Full0BLUE HERON TRUCKING LLC 3931218CF5064/OK
Jan 11, 2024GAI · Full0BLUE HERON TRUCKING LLC 3931218CF5064/OK
Oct 31, 2023GAI · Full0BLUE HERON TRUCKING LLC 3931218CF5064/OK
Jul 21, 2023NMI · Full0BLUE HERON TRUCKING LLC 3931218CF5064/OK
Jul 21, 2023AZIII · Driver-only0BLUE HERON TRUCKING LLC 3931218CF5064/OK
Jun 19, 2023NMII · Walk-around0BLUE HERON TRUCKING LLC 3931218CF5064/OK
Jun 13, 2023USI · Full0BLUE HERON TRUCKING LLC 3931218CF5064/OK
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BLUE HERON TRUCKING LLC3931218Jun 13, 2023Jun 29, 202617OK
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.
CK4781OK2BLUE HERON TRUCKING LLCMar 16, 2026Jun 29, 20264
CJ4218OKBLUE HERON TRUCKING LLCOct 31, 2024Sep 7, 20254
CF5064OKBLUE HERON TRUCKING LLCJun 13, 2023Oct 14, 20249
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026