Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2013 Caterpillar CF7AA

1HTJGTKT7DJ305104 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under1
15 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenMay 7, 2025
NC
Last seenAug 5, 2026
NC
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1HTJGTKT7DJ305104
Make
Caterpillar
Model
CF7AA
Model year
2013
Body class
Truck
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Aug 8, 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
1HT

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
JGTKT

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1983 or 2013

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

North American serial sequence
305104

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
CATERPILLAR

Prefix basis · 28 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
CF7AA

Prefix basis · 28 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
2013

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
CATERPILLAR

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
CF7AA

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE

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 · May 7, 2025 – Aug 5, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 5, 2026NCIII · Driver-only0CLEVE CONTRACTING INC 3391612YA184540/NC
Jun 10, 2026NCIII · Driver-only0CLEVE CONTRACTING INC 3391612YA184540/NC
May 7, 2025NCIII · Driver-only0CLEVE CONTRACTING INC 3391612YA184540/NC
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CLEVE CONTRACTING INC3391612May 7, 2025Aug 5, 20263NC
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.
YA184540NC1CLEVE CONTRACTING INCMay 7, 2025Aug 5, 20263
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 8, 2026