Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Blacksmith Trailers

4B9B4D327GX103120 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
15 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 5
First seenApr 25, 2025
TX
Last seenJul 21, 2026
TX
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 15 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
4B9B4D327GX103120
Make
Blacksmith Trailers
Model
Blacksmith Trailers
Model year
2016
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 14, 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
4B9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
B4D32

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
103120

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
BLACKSMITH TRAILERS

Prefix basis · 26 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Blacksmith Trailers

Prefix basis · 26 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
2016

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
BLACKSMITH TRAILERS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Blacksmith 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 · Apr 25, 2025 – Jul 21, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 21, 2026TXI · Full16OOSTEIXEIRA TRUCKING LLC 4463990173B849/TX
May 30, 2026TXII · Walk-around3TEIXEIRA TRUCKING LLC 4463990173B849/TX
Mar 19, 2026TXII · Walk-around5OOSTEIXEIRA TRUCKING LLC 4463990173B849/TX
May 14, 2025TXI · Full1JM MATERIALS INC 772441173B849/TX
Apr 25, 2025TXII · Walk-around0JM MATERIALS INC 772441173B849/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TEIXEIRA TRUCKING LLC4463990Mar 19, 2026Jul 21, 20263TX
JM MATERIALS INC772441Apr 25, 2025May 14, 20252TX
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.
173B849TX2TEIXEIRA TRUCKING LLCMar 19, 2026Jul 21, 20263
173B849TXJM MATERIALS INCApr 25, 2025May 14, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 14, 2026