Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Cei Equipment Company, Inc.

1C9FA4539L1257779 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
28 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenNov 16, 2023
NE
Last seenMar 11, 2026
NE
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1C9FA4539L1257779
Make
Cei Equipment Company, Inc.
Model
CEI Equipment Company, Inc.
Model year
2020
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
FA453

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
257779

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 · 19 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
CEI Equipment Company, Inc.

Prefix basis · 19 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
2020

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 · Nov 16, 2023 – Mar 11, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 11, 2026NEIII · Driver-only0BRIAN NEUHAUS 1046790277285/NE
Oct 23, 2025NEIII · Driver-only0BRIAN NEUHAUS 1046790277285/NE
Dec 26, 2024NEIII · Driver-only0BRIAN NEUHAUS 1046790277285/NE
Sep 23, 2024NEIII · Driver-only0BRIAN NEUHAUS 1046790277285/NE
Nov 16, 2023NEIII · Driver-only1BRIAN NEUHAUS 1046790277285/NE
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BRIAN NEUHAUS1046790Nov 16, 2023Mar 11, 20265NE
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.
277285NEBRIAN NEUHAUSNov 16, 2023Mar 11, 20265
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 28, 2026