Equipment unit · NHTSA vPIC identity

2017 Kenworth T8 Series

3BKDX4EX7HF158865 · Truck · INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
Carriers run under3
35 mo
Inspections11
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 11
First seenAug 18, 2023
FL
Last seenJul 27, 2026
FL
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 35 months
These observations show where this VIN appeared, not who owned the vehicle. Sales, leases or owner-operator moves may explain carrier changes. A shared VIN alone is not a fraud finding. Compare dates and sources in the timeline below.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3BKDX4EX7HF158865
Make
Kenworth
Model
T8 Series
Model year
2017
Body class
Truck
Vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Nov 1, 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
3BK

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
DX4EX

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

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
158865

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.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

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
KENWORTH

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
T8 Series

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE

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.

Not established

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 18, 2023 – Jul 27, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 27, 2026FLII · Walk-around7OOSHERNANDEZ TRUCKING ENTERPRISE LLC 2838817P8898J/FL
Jul 27, 2026FLII · Walk-around7OOSHERNANDEZ TRUCKING ENTERPRISE LLC 2838817P8898J/FL
May 5, 2026FLIII · Driver-only0—HERNANDEZ TRUCKING ENTERPRISE LLC 2838817P8898J/FL
Nov 13, 2025FLIII · Driver-only0—HERNANDEZ TRUCKING ENTERPRISE LLC 2838817P8898J/FL
Jul 31, 2025FLIII · Driver-only0—PKY TRUCKING LLC 4263173P8898J/FL
Jul 10, 2025FLII · Walk-around12OOSPKY TRUCKING LLC 4263173P8898J/FL
Jun 18, 2024FLII · Walk-around5—PH PAVING LLC 3232504P0312H/FL
May 28, 2024FLII · Walk-around2—PH PAVING LLC 3232504P0312H/FL
Apr 5, 2024FLIII · Driver-only0—PH PAVING LLC 3232504P0312H/FL
Mar 28, 2024FLIII · Driver-only1—PH PAVING LLC 3232504P0312H/FL
Aug 18, 2023FLII · Walk-around10OOSPH PAVING LLC 3232504P0312H/FL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HERNANDEZ TRUCKING ENTERPRISE LLC2838817Nov 13, 2025Jul 27, 20264FL
PKY TRUCKING LLC4263173Jul 10, 2025Jul 31, 20252FL
PH PAVING LLC3232504Aug 18, 2023Jun 18, 20245FL
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.
P8898JFL1HERNANDEZ TRUCKING ENTERPRISE LLCNov 13, 2025 → Jul 27, 20264
P8898JFL—PKY TRUCKING LLCJul 10, 2025 → Jul 31, 20252
P0312HFL—PH PAVING LLCAug 18, 2023 → Jun 18, 20245
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Nov 1, 2026