Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2019 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDV7KSKL8637 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under2
25 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 8
First seenAug 24, 2023
NC
Last seenSep 9, 2025
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 25 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
3AKJHHDV7KSKL8637
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2019
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
JHHDV

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

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
KL8637

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 · 8,157 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 8,157 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
126

Sourced label · prefix basis 8,157 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
126

Sourced label · prefix basis 8,157 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 8,157 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
2019

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 · Aug 24, 2023 – Sep 9, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 9, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0ALPHA FREIGHT CARRIER INC 4136825ZP49779/CA
Jun 26, 2025AZIII · Driver-only5OOSALPHA FREIGHT CARRIER INC 4136825ZP49779/CA
Apr 24, 2025MOIII · Driver-only3ALPHA FREIGHT CARRIER INC 4136825ZP49779/CA
Feb 7, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only1ALPHA FREIGHT CARRIER INC 4136825ZP49779/CA
Jul 24, 2024KSII · Walk-around5OOSWAVES CARGO INC 3643557YP27443/CA
Oct 17, 2023ARI · Full0WAVES CARGO INC 3643557YP27443/CA
Oct 16, 2023OKI · Full4OOSWAVES CARGO INC 3643557YP27443/CA
Aug 24, 2023NCI · Full5OOSWAVES CARGO INC 3643557YP27443/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ALPHA FREIGHT CARRIER INC4136825Feb 7, 2025Sep 9, 20254CA
WAVES CARGO INC3643557Aug 24, 2023Jul 24, 20244CA
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.
ZP49779CAALPHA FREIGHT CARRIER INCFeb 7, 2025Sep 9, 20254
YP27443CAWAVES CARGO INCAug 24, 2023Jul 24, 20244
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026