Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2024 Big Tex

16V3F4827R6318656 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
18 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 7
First seenAug 21, 2024
TX
Last seenFeb 19, 2026
NM
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
16V3F4827R6318656
Make
Big Tex
Model
Big Tex
Model year
2024
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
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
1994 or 2024

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

North American serial sequence
318656

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
2024

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 · Aug 21, 2024 – Feb 19, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 19, 2026NMI · Full0BOCKEL CRANE SERVICE LLC 4093630J250268/LA
Oct 28, 2025TXI · Full2OOSBOCKEL CRANE SERVICE LLC 4093630J250268/LA
Sep 10, 2025ARI · Full0BOCKEL CRANE SERVICE LLC 4093630J250268/LA
May 12, 2025TXI · Full0BOCKEL CRANE SERVICE LLC 4093630J250268/LA
May 4, 2025ARII · Walk-around1OOSBOCKEL CRANE SERVICE LLC 4093630J250268/LA
Dec 3, 2024TXI · Full0BOCKEL CRANE SERVICE LLC 4093630J200132/LA
Aug 21, 2024TXII · Walk-around1BOCKEL CRANE SERVICE LLC 4093630J200132/LA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BOCKEL CRANE SERVICE LLC4093630Aug 21, 2024Feb 19, 20267LA
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.
J250268LABOCKEL CRANE SERVICE LLCMay 4, 2025Feb 19, 20265
J200132LABOCKEL CRANE SERVICE LLCAug 21, 2024Dec 3, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026