Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2008 Stoughton Trailers

1DW1A53208E040017 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
25 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 5
First seenAug 16, 2023
PA
Last seenSep 2, 2025
PA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 25 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
1DW1A53208E040017
Make
Stoughton Trailers
Model
Stoughton Trailers
Model year
2008
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 26, 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
1DW

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
1A532

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

Model year candidates
2008 or 2038

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

North American serial sequence
040017

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
STOUGHTON TRAILERS

Prefix basis · 12,945 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Stoughton Trailers

Prefix basis · 12,945 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
2008

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
STOUGHTON TRAILERS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Stoughton 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
Not established

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 · Aug 16, 2023 – Sep 2, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 2, 2025PAII · Walk-around5OOSTIMOTHY TIMMONS 780682PT892T6/PA
Mar 26, 2025PAIII · Driver-only2VALLEY TOWING & RECOVERY LLC 3070561PT892T6/PA
Aug 14, 2024MDII · Walk-around2OOSTIMOTHY TIMMONS 780682PT619S3/PA
Dec 20, 2023PAIII · Driver-only0TIMOTHY TIMMONS 780682PT619S3/PA
Aug 16, 2023PAIII · Driver-only3OOSTIMOTHY TIMMONS 780682PT958J9/PA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TIMOTHY TIMMONS780682Aug 16, 2023Sep 2, 20254PA
VALLEY TOWING & RECOVERY LLC3070561Mar 26, 2025Mar 26, 20251PA
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.
PT892T6PATIMOTHY TIMMONSSep 2, 2025Sep 2, 20251
PT892T6PAVALLEY TOWING & RECOVERY LLCMar 26, 2025Mar 26, 20251
PT619S3PATIMOTHY TIMMONSDec 20, 2023Aug 14, 20242
PT958J9PATIMOTHY TIMMONSAug 16, 2023Aug 16, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 26, 2026