Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2014 Hercules Ajax

1AJC4C227E1001334 · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
21 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenJan 22, 2024
IL
Last seenOct 10, 2025
IL
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 21 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
1AJC4C227E1001334
Make
Hercules Ajax
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2014
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 19, 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
1AJ

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
C4C22

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1984 or 2014

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

North American serial sequence
001334

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
2014

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
HERCULES AJAX

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 · Jan 22, 2024 – Oct 10, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 10, 2025ILIII · Driver-only0PIER TRANSPORTATION INC 5023493827664/ME
Jan 22, 2024ILII · Walk-around0WHIMSY INC 6537833827664/ME
Jan 22, 2024ILII · Walk-around1LT INTERMODAL LOGISTICS LLC 28016973827664/ME
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
PIER TRANSPORTATION INC502349Oct 10, 2025Oct 10, 20251IL
WHIMSY INC653783Jan 22, 2024Jan 22, 20241IL
LT INTERMODAL LOGISTICS LLC2801697Jan 22, 2024Jan 22, 20241IL
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.
3827664MEPIER TRANSPORTATION INCOct 10, 2025Oct 10, 20251
3827664MEWHIMSY INCJan 22, 2024Jan 22, 20241
3827664MELT INTERMODAL LOGISTICS LLCJan 22, 2024Jan 22, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 19, 2026