Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2001 West-Mark Certified Stainless Services, Inc dba West-Mark

16WTB40271A134189 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
28 mo
Inspections9
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 9
First seenAug 19, 2023
CA
Last seenDec 17, 2025
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 28 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
16WTB40271A134189
Make
West-Mark
Model
Certified Stainless Services, Inc dba West-Mark
Model year
2001
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
16W

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
TB402

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
2001 or 2031

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

North American serial sequence
134189

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
WEST-MARK

Prefix basis · 13 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Certified Stainless Services, Inc dba West-Mark

Prefix basis · 13 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
2001

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
WEST-MARK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Certified Stainless Services, Inc dba West-Mark

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 19, 2023 – Dec 17, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 17, 2025CAII · Walk-around1CHEROKEE FREIGHT LINES STOCKTON LLC 1549224RK6229/CA
Nov 24, 2025CAII · Walk-around0CHEROKEE FREIGHT LINES STOCKTON LLC 1549224RK6229/CA
Aug 22, 2025CAII · Walk-around0CHEROKEE FREIGHT LINES STOCKTON LLC 1549224RK6229/CA
Jun 30, 2025CAII · Walk-around0CHEROKEE FREIGHT LINES STOCKTON LLC 1549224RK6229/CA
Mar 12, 2025CAI · Full0CHEROKEE FREIGHT LINES STOCKTON LLC 1549224RK6229/CA
Jan 17, 2025CAII · Walk-around0CHEROKEE FREIGHT LINES STOCKTON LLC 1549224RK6229/CA
Jan 7, 2025CAI · Full3CHEROKEE FREIGHT LINES STOCKTON LLC 1549224RK6229/CA
Sep 12, 2023CAI · Full1QUALITY HAY SERVICE LLC 28657394RK6229/CA
Aug 19, 2023CAIII · Driver-only0CHEROKEE FREIGHT LINES STOCKTON LLC 1549224RK6229/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CHEROKEE FREIGHT LINES STOCKTON LLC154922Aug 19, 2023Dec 17, 20258CA
QUALITY HAY SERVICE LLC2865739Sep 12, 2023Sep 12, 20231CA
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.
4RK6229CACHEROKEE FREIGHT LINES STOCKTON LLCAug 19, 2023Dec 17, 20258
4RK6229CA2QUALITY HAY SERVICE LLCSep 12, 2023Sep 12, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 17, 2026