Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Smithco Manufacturing

1S9SS4951HL476154 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
18 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 5
First seenJan 10, 2025
UT
Last seenJul 29, 2026
UT
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1S9SS4951HL476154
Make
Smithco Manufacturing
Model
SMITHCO MANUFACTURING
Model year
2017
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 7, 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
SS495

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
476154

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 · 23 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
SMITHCO MANUFACTURING

Prefix basis · 23 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
2017

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jan 10, 2025 – Jul 29, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 29, 2026UTIII · Driver-only3OOSFRANCIS TRUCKING INC 419678TJ3812/ID
Aug 8, 2025UTIII · Driver-only2FRANCIS TRUCKING INC 419678TJ3812/ID
Aug 7, 2025UTIII · Driver-only3FRANCIS TRUCKING INC 419678TJ3812/ID
Jun 25, 2025UTI · Full16OOSFRANCIS TRUCKING INC 419678TJ3812/ID
Jan 10, 2025UTII · Walk-around6FRANCIS TRUCKING INC 419678TJ3812/ID
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
FRANCIS TRUCKING INC419678Jan 10, 2025Jul 29, 20265UT
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
TJ3812ID2FRANCIS TRUCKING INCJan 10, 2025Jul 29, 20265
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 7, 2026