Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2000 Hercules Ajax

1AJCS2329YH001734 · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
29 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 2
First seenFeb 5, 2024
LA
Last seenJul 21, 2026
LA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 29 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
1AJCS2329YH001734
Make
Hercules Ajax
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2000
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 11, 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
CS232

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
2000 or 2030

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

North American serial sequence
001734

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
2000

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 · Feb 5, 2024 – Jul 21, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 21, 2026LAII · Walk-around0CAROLINA NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION LLC 6591503824895/ME
Feb 5, 2024LAI · Full3ARL TRANSPORT LLC 1863753824895/ME
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CAROLINA NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION LLC659150Jul 21, 2026Jul 21, 20261SC
ARL TRANSPORT LLC186375Feb 5, 2024Feb 5, 20241PA
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.
3824895ME2CAROLINA NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION LLCJul 21, 2026Jul 21, 20261
3824895MEARL TRANSPORT LLCFeb 5, 2024Feb 5, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 11, 2026