Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Armor Lite Excel, Llc End Dump

4A9E1DJ20LS073102 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
33 mo
Inspections19
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 19
First seenJun 13, 2023
IL
Last seenMar 23, 2026
IL
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 33 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
4A9E1DJ20LS073102
Make
Armor Lite Excel, Llc
Model
End Dump
Model year
2020
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 16, 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
4A9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
E1DJ2

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

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
073102

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
ARMOR LITE EXCEL, LLC

Prefix basis · 52 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
End Dump

Prefix basis · 52 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
2020

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
ARMOR LITE EXCEL, LLC

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
End Dump

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jun 13, 2023 – Mar 23, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 23, 2026ILIII · Driver-only0HAWK CARGO LLC 3964875914618ST/IL
Jun 16, 2025ILIII · Driver-only0HAWK CARGO LLC 3964875914618ST/IL
May 12, 2025ILIII · Driver-only0HAWK CARGO LLC 3964875914618ST/IL
Apr 28, 2025ILIII · Driver-only0HAWK CARGO LLC 3964875914618ST/IL
Apr 16, 2025ILIII · Driver-only0HAWK CARGO LLC 3964875914618ST/IL
Feb 27, 2025ILII · Walk-around0HAWK CARGO LLC 3964875914618ST/IL
Sep 20, 2024ILIII · Driver-only0HAWK CARGO LLC 3964875914618ST/IL
Sep 19, 2024ILIII · Driver-only0HAWK CARGO LLC 3964875914618ST/IL
Aug 9, 2024ILIII · Driver-only1KNIGHT HAWK COAL LLC 1824323914618ST/IL
Jul 31, 2024ILIII · Driver-only0HAWK CARGO LLC 3964875914618ST/IL
Jun 10, 2024ILIII · Driver-only0HAWK CARGO LLC 3964875914618ST/IL
May 1, 2024ILIII · Driver-only0HAWK CARGO LLC 3964875914618ST/IL
Mar 26, 2024ILIII · Driver-only0HAWK CARGO LLC 3964875914618ST/IL
Mar 6, 2024ILIII · Driver-only0HAWK CARGO LLC 3964875914618ST/IL
Feb 20, 2024ILIII · Driver-only0HAWK CARGO LLC 3964875914618ST/IL
Sep 27, 2023ILII · Walk-around1HAWK CARGO LLC 3964875914618ST/IL
Jul 27, 2023ILIII · Driver-only0HAWK CARGO LLC 3964875914618ST/IL
Jul 10, 2023ILIII · Driver-only0HAWK CARGO LLC 3964875914618ST/IL
Jun 13, 2023ILII · Walk-around2OOSHAWK CARGO LLC 3964875914618ST/IL
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HAWK CARGO LLC3964875Jun 13, 2023Mar 23, 202618IL
KNIGHT HAWK COAL LLC1824323Aug 9, 2024Aug 9, 20241IL
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.
914618STILHAWK CARGO LLCJun 13, 2023Mar 23, 202618
914618STILKNIGHT HAWK COAL LLCAug 9, 2024Aug 9, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026