Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Cei Equipment Company, Inc.

1C9FA4024J1257538 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
25 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenJul 13, 2023
IN
Last seenAug 21, 2025
IN
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1C9FA4024J1257538
Make
Cei Equipment Company, Inc.
Model
CEI Equipment Company, Inc.
Model year
2018
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
1C9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
FA402

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
257538

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
CEI EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC.

Prefix basis · 57 decoded VINs at 98.3% prefix purity.

Model
CEI Equipment Company, Inc.

Prefix basis · 57 decoded VINs at 98.3% 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
2018

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

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jul 13, 2023 – Aug 21, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 21, 2025INII · Walk-around11920 TRANSPORT LLC 21096623017037/ME
Mar 18, 2025INI · Full41920 TRANSPORT LLC 21096623017037/ME
Jun 18, 2024INII · Walk-around11920 TRANSPORT LLC 21096623017037/ME
Apr 29, 2024INII · Walk-around01920 TRANSPORT LLC 21096623017032/ME
Jul 13, 2023INII · Walk-around01920 TRANSPORT LLC 21096623017037/ME
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
1920 TRANSPORT LLC2109662Jul 13, 2023Aug 21, 20255MD
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.
3017037ME1920 TRANSPORT LLCJul 13, 2023Aug 21, 20254
3017032ME1920 TRANSPORT LLCApr 29, 2024Apr 29, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 28, 2026