Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2019 Smithco Manufacturing

1S9SS4733KL476455 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
27 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 7
First seenAug 31, 2023
IA
Last seenNov 15, 2025
SD
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1S9SS4733KL476455
Make
Smithco Manufacturing
Model
SMITHCO MANUFACTURING
Model year
2019
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 18, 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
1S9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
SS473

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1989 or 2019

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

North American serial sequence
476455

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
SMITHCO MANUFACTURING

Prefix basis · 36 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
SMITHCO MANUFACTURING

Prefix basis · 36 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
2019

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
SMITHCO MANUFACTURING

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
SMITHCO 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 · Aug 31, 2023 – Nov 15, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 15, 2025SDII · Walk-around0LANGENFELD CONTRACTING LLC 2284505JJ9881/IA
Sep 2, 2025SDII · Walk-around1OOSLANGENFELD CONTRACTING LLC 2284505JJ9881/IA
Mar 17, 2024SDIII · Driver-only0LANGENFELD CONTRACTING LLC 2284505JJ9881/IA
Mar 17, 2024SDIII · Driver-only1LANGENFELD CONTRACTING LLC 2284505JJ9881/IA
Mar 8, 2024SDII · Walk-around0LANGENFELD CONTRACTING LLC 2284505JJ9881/IA
Dec 4, 2023SDII · Walk-around1LANGENFELD CONTRACTING LLC 2284505JJ9881/IA
Aug 31, 2023IAIII · Driver-only1LANGENFELD CONTRACTING LLC 2284505JJ9881/IA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
LANGENFELD CONTRACTING LLC2284505Aug 31, 2023Nov 15, 20257IA
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.
JJ9881IALANGENFELD CONTRACTING LLCAug 31, 2023Nov 15, 20257
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 18, 2026