Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLDR3JDKD0638 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under4
26 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 8
First seenOct 17, 2023
CA
Last seenDec 12, 2025
MD
Inspected under 4 different carriers in 26 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
3AKJGLDR3JDKD0638
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2018
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 21, 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
3AK

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
JGLDR

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

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
KD0638

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
FREIGHTLINER

Prefix basis · 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

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
FREIGHTLINER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Cascadia

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck-Tractor

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRUCK

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 17, 2023 – Dec 12, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 12, 2025MDI · Full6OOSFRANCIS TRANS INC 1655728R814513/TX
Nov 12, 2025NJIII · Driver-only0FRANCIS TRANS INC 1655728R814513/TX
Aug 18, 2025UTI · Full4FFS BROTHERS LLC 4166647P1310819/IL
Oct 27, 2024WAI · Full2OOSMA TRANSPORTATION LLC 3577515R752631/TX
Jan 31, 2024TXI · Full5OOSYULIVAN CARRIERS INC 1759025R669447/TX
Dec 18, 2023TXII · Walk-around0YULIVAN CARRIERS INC 1759025R669447/TX
Nov 16, 2023TNIII · Driver-only0YULIVAN CARRIERS INC 1759025R669447/TX
Oct 17, 2023CAIII · Driver-only0YULIVAN CARRIERS INC 1759025R669447/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

4 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
FRANCIS TRANS INC1655728Nov 12, 2025Dec 12, 20252TX
FFS BROTHERS LLC4166647Aug 18, 2025Aug 18, 20251IL
MA TRANSPORTATION LLC3577515Oct 27, 2024Oct 27, 20241TX
YULIVAN CARRIERS INC1759025Oct 17, 2023Jan 31, 20244IL
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.
R814513TXFRANCIS TRANS INCNov 12, 2025Dec 12, 20252
P1310819ILFFS BROTHERS LLCAug 18, 2025Aug 18, 20251
R752631TXMA TRANSPORTATION LLCOct 27, 2024Oct 27, 20241
R669447TXYULIVAN CARRIERS INCOct 17, 2023Jan 31, 20244
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026