Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Brazos

4B9BKDL27JH054167 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
36 mo
Inspections12
all-time
OOS inspections5
of 12
First seenJun 13, 2023
TX
Last seenJun 5, 2026
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4B9BKDL27JH054167
Make
Brazos
Model
Brazos
Model year
2018
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
4B9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
BKDL2

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
054167

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
BRAZOS

Prefix basis · 231 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Brazos

Prefix basis · 231 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
2018

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
BRAZOS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Brazos

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 – Jun 5, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 5, 2026TXII · Walk-around7OOSRG RECYCLING LLC 3620671254B940/TX
Jun 5, 2026TXII · Walk-around7OOSRG RECYCLING LLC 3620671254B940/TX
Mar 26, 2026TXII · Walk-around3RG RECYCLING LLC 3620671254B940/TX
Feb 20, 2026TXII · Walk-around20RG RECYCLING LLC 3620671254B940/TX
Feb 4, 2026TXII · Walk-around1RG RECYCLING LLC 3620671254B940/TX
Nov 3, 2025TXII · Walk-around5OOSRG RECYCLING LLC 3620671254B940/TX
Apr 28, 2025TXII · Walk-around1RG RECYCLING LLC 3620671127C912/TX
Aug 7, 2024TXI · Full6RG RECYCLING LLC 3620671127C912/TX
Apr 15, 2024TXII · Walk-around4OOSRG RECYCLING LLC 3620671127C912/TX
Mar 11, 2024TXII · Walk-around2RG RECYCLING LLC 3620671127C912/TX
Dec 14, 2023TXII · Walk-around1RG RECYCLING LLC 3620671127C912/TX
Jun 13, 2023TXII · Walk-around2OOSRG RECYCLING LLC 3620671127C912/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RG RECYCLING LLC3620671Jun 13, 2023Jun 5, 202612TX
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.
254B940TXRG RECYCLING LLCNov 3, 2025Jun 5, 20266
127C912TXRG RECYCLING LLCJun 13, 2023Apr 28, 20256
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026