Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Big Tex

16V3F482XL6086139 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
26 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 8
First seenAug 4, 2023
NM
Last seenOct 21, 2025
US
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 26 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
16V3F482XL6086139
Make
Big Tex
Model
Big Tex
Model year
2020
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 17, 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
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
086139

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
2020

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 4, 2023 – Oct 21, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 21, 2025USI · Full0PONY EXPRESS TRANSPORT LLC 4072093209C776/TX
Oct 14, 2025ARI · Full0PONY EXPRESS TRANSPORT LLC 4072093209C776/TX
Apr 28, 2025TNI · Full0PONY EXPRESS TRANSPORT LLC 4072093209C776/TX
Mar 26, 2025TXI · Full1OOSPONY EXPRESS TRANSPORT LLC 4072093209C776/TX
May 6, 2024TNI · Full0DLG TRANSPORT LLC 3470545170C359/TX
Feb 26, 2024TNI · Full1DLG TRANSPORT LLC 3470545209C776/UK
Aug 30, 2023TXII · Walk-around1FRA-VER TRANSPORT LLC 3564148209C776/TX
Aug 4, 2023NMI · Full0FRA-VER TRANSPORT LLC 3564148170C359/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
PONY EXPRESS TRANSPORT LLC4072093Mar 26, 2025Oct 21, 20254TX
DLG TRANSPORT LLC3470545Feb 26, 2024May 6, 20242TX
FRA-VER TRANSPORT LLC3564148Aug 4, 2023Aug 30, 20232TX
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.
209C776TXPONY EXPRESS TRANSPORT LLCMar 26, 2025Oct 21, 20254
170C359TXDLG TRANSPORT LLCMay 6, 2024May 6, 20241
209C776UKDLG TRANSPORT LLCFeb 26, 2024Feb 26, 20241
209C776TXFRA-VER TRANSPORT LLCAug 30, 2023Aug 30, 20231
170C359TXFRA-VER TRANSPORT LLCAug 4, 2023Aug 4, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 17, 2026