Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2025 Alloy Alloy Trailers

1ALSC9281SS952096 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under4
32 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 5
First seenOct 26, 2023
CA
Last seenJun 9, 2026
CA
Inspected under 4 different carriers in 32 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
1ALSC9281SS952096
Make
Alloy
Model
Alloy Trailers
Model year
2025
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 28, 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
1AL

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
SC928

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
1995 or 2025

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

North American serial sequence
952096

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
ALLOY

Prefix basis · 24 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Alloy Trailers

Prefix basis · 24 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
2025

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
ALLOY

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Alloy Trailers

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
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)

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 · Oct 26, 2023 – Jun 9, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 9, 2026CAI · Full1HARELL SMITH 33554744AP2178/CA
Nov 6, 2025CAI · Full0ST LOGISTICS LLC 38763204AP2178/CA
Apr 22, 2025CAI · Full3OOSMELVIN SCOTT WEST 38533754AP2178/CA
Jan 15, 2025CAIII · Driver-only1MELVIN SCOTT WEST 38533754AP2178/CA
Oct 26, 2023CAI · Full0BETTENDORF ENTERPRISES INC 1618664AP2178/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

4 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HARELL SMITH3355474Jun 9, 2026Jun 9, 20261CA
ST LOGISTICS LLC3876320Nov 6, 2025Nov 6, 20251CA
MELVIN SCOTT WEST3853375Jan 15, 2025Apr 22, 20252CA
BETTENDORF ENTERPRISES INC161866Oct 26, 2023Oct 26, 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.
4AP2178CAHARELL SMITHJun 9, 2026Jun 9, 20261
4AP2178CAST LOGISTICS LLCNov 6, 2025Nov 6, 20251
4AP2178CAMELVIN SCOTT WESTJan 15, 2025Apr 22, 20252
4AP2178CABETTENDORF ENTERPRISES INCOct 26, 2023Oct 26, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 28, 2026