Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2025 Horizon Trailers

3H7GF4020SR011042 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
8 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 6
First seenAug 18, 2025
TN
Last seenApr 27, 2026
PA
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 8 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.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3H7GF4020SR011042
Make
Horizon Trailers
Model
Horizon Trailers
Model year
2025
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 24, 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
3H7

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
GF402

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

Model year candidates
1995 or 2025

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

North American serial sequence
011042

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
HORIZON TRAILERS

Prefix basis · 166 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Horizon Trailers

Prefix basis · 166 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
2025

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
HORIZON TRAILERS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Horizon Trailers

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 18, 2025 – Apr 27, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 27, 2026PAIII · Driver-only9OOS4DS TRANSPORTATION EXPRESS LLC 4212519EB38UP/FL
Apr 27, 2026PAIII · Driver-only10OOSPONDER AND SONS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC 3900627EB38UP/FL
Apr 27, 2026PAIII · Driver-only10OOSPONDER AND SONS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC 3900627EB38UP/FL
Oct 7, 2025FLI · Full0HENSON-KERR CARRIERS 3973577EB38UP/FL
Aug 27, 2025MDI · Full2OOSHENSON-KERR CARRIERS 3973577EB388UP/FL
Aug 18, 2025TNI · Full0HENSON-KERR CARRIERS 397357700000/SC
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
PONDER AND SONS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC3900627Apr 27, 2026Apr 27, 20262GA
4DS TRANSPORTATION EXPRESS LLC4212519Apr 27, 2026Apr 27, 20261GA
HENSON-KERR CARRIERS3973577Aug 18, 2025Oct 7, 20253FL
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.
EB38UPFL2PONDER AND SONS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLCApr 27, 2026Apr 27, 20262
EB38UPFL4DS TRANSPORTATION EXPRESS LLCApr 27, 2026Apr 27, 20261
EB38UPFLHENSON-KERR CARRIERSOct 7, 2025Oct 7, 20251
EB388UPFLHENSON-KERR CARRIERSAug 27, 2025Aug 27, 20251
00000SCHENSON-KERR CARRIERSAug 18, 2025Aug 18, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 24, 2026