Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2028 Cei Equipment Company, Inc.

1C9FA3625W1257489 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
21 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 2
First seenSep 19, 2023
WI
Last seenJun 27, 2025
MN
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1C9FA3625W1257489
Make
Cei Equipment Company, Inc.
Model
CEI Equipment Company, Inc.
Model year
2028
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
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
1C9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
FA362

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1998 or 2028

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

North American serial sequence
257489

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
2028

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
CEI EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
CEI Equipment Company, Inc.

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

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • 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 · Sep 19, 2023 – Jun 27, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 27, 2025MNIII · Driver-only1RAMIREZ TRUCKING LLC 2271318STB3454/MN
Sep 19, 2023WIII · Walk-around1RAMIREZ TRUCKING LLC 2271318STB3454/MN
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RAMIREZ TRUCKING LLC2271318Sep 19, 2023Jun 27, 20252MN
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.
STB3454MNRAMIREZ TRUCKING LLCSep 19, 2023Jun 27, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 11, 2026