Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Strick Commercial Trailer

1S12E953XJE537605 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
12 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenOct 7, 2024
KY
Last seenOct 10, 2025
TN
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 12 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.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1S12E953XJE537605
Make
Strick Commercial Trailer
Model
Strick Commercial Trailer
Model year
2018
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
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
1S1

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
2E953

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

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
537605

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
STRICK COMMERCIAL TRAILER

Prefix basis · 1,885 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Strick Commercial Trailer

Prefix basis · 1,885 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
2018

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
STRICK COMMERCIAL TRAILER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Strick Commercial Trailer

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 · Oct 7, 2024 – Oct 10, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 10, 2025TNI · Full0B & W CARTAGE COMPANY INC 1284931952ST/IL
Jun 26, 2025MSIII · Driver-only0B & W CARTAGE COMPANY INC 128493611952ST/IL
May 16, 2025INIII · Driver-only1B & W CARTAGE COMPANY INC 128493611952ST/IL
Mar 12, 2025INIII · Driver-only0CARDINAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC 2453623611952ST/IL
Oct 7, 2024KYII · Walk-around0B & W CARTAGE COMPANY INC 128493611952ST/IL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
B & W CARTAGE COMPANY INC128493Oct 7, 2024Oct 10, 20254MI
CARDINAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC2453623Mar 12, 2025Mar 12, 20251KY
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.
1952STILB & W CARTAGE COMPANY INCOct 10, 2025Oct 10, 20251
611952STILB & W CARTAGE COMPANY INCOct 7, 2024Jun 26, 20253
611952STILCARDINAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLCMar 12, 2025Mar 12, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 28, 2026