Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDV8LSMC4572 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under1
23 mo
Inspections11
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 11
First seenAug 25, 2023
US
Last seenJul 26, 2025
US
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHHDV8LSMC4572
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2020
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 17, 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
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
MC4572

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
2020

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 25, 2023 – Jul 26, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 26, 2025USI · Full1TRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS RUIZ LLC 2296533R511985/TX
May 27, 2025USI · Full4OOSTRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS RUIZ LLC 2296533R511985/TX
Apr 25, 2025TXII · Walk-around2TRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS RUIZ LLC 229653390AN3B/MX
Apr 15, 2025USI · Full0TRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS RUIZ LLC 2296533R511985/TX
Mar 12, 2025MOIII · Driver-only2TRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS RUIZ LLC 2296533R511985/TX
Aug 16, 2024TNI · Full2TRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS RUIZ LLC 2296533R511985/TX
Jul 5, 2024TXII · Walk-around0TRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS RUIZ LLC 2296533R511985/TX
Feb 16, 2024USI · Full0TRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS RUIZ LLC 2296533R511985/TX
Nov 14, 2023AZI · Full2OOSTRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS RUIZ LLC 2296533R511985/TX
Sep 14, 2023ARII · Walk-around9OOSTRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS RUIZ LLC 2296533R511985/TX
Aug 25, 2023USI · Full0TRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS RUIZ LLC 2296533R511985/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS RUIZ LLC2296533Aug 25, 2023Jul 26, 202511TX
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.
R511985TXTRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS RUIZ LLCAug 25, 2023Jul 26, 202510
90AN3BMXTRANSPORTES ESPECIALIZADOS RUIZ LLCApr 25, 2025Apr 25, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 17, 2026