Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2012 Fortitude Manufacturing

1F9ST4127CH408012 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
5 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 2
First seenApr 8, 2025
TX
Last seenSep 4, 2025
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1F9ST4127CH408012
Make
Fortitude Manufacturing
Model
Fortitude Manufacturing
Model year
2012
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 14, 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
1F9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
ST412

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1982 or 2012

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

North American serial sequence
408012

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
FORTITUDE MANUFACTURING

Prefix basis · 21 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fortitude Manufacturing

Prefix basis · 21 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
2012

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FORTITUDE MANUFACTURING

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Fortitude Manufacturing

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 · Apr 8, 2025 – Sep 4, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 4, 2025TXII · Walk-around10MKO TRUCKING INC 935038211B342/TX
Apr 8, 2025TXII · Walk-around5OOSMKO TRUCKING INC 935038211B342/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MKO TRUCKING INC935038Apr 8, 2025Sep 4, 20252TX
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.
211B342TXMKO TRUCKING INCApr 8, 2025Sep 4, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 14, 2026