Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2022 Top Hat Industries

4R7GU2827NN223427 · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
31 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenOct 13, 2023
AL
Last seenMay 28, 2026
AR
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 31 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
4R7GU2827NN223427
Make
Top Hat Industries
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2022
Body class
Not decoded
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
4R7

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
GU282

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1992 or 2022

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

North American serial sequence
223427

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
2022

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
TOP HAT INDUSTRIES

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Not established

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

  • 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 · Oct 13, 2023 – May 28, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 28, 2026ARI · Full0479 LOGISTICS LLC 3522919AB738291/AR
Sep 22, 2025MSI · Full1K2 MARINE INC 1881009AB738291/AR
Nov 17, 2024ARI · Full0479 LOGISTICS LLC 3522919AB738291/AR
Oct 13, 2023ALI · Full0479 LOGISTICS LLC 3522919AB738291/AR
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
479 LOGISTICS LLC3522919Oct 13, 2023May 28, 20263AR
K2 MARINE INC1881009Sep 22, 2025Sep 22, 20251AR
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.
AB738291AR479 LOGISTICS LLCOct 13, 2023May 28, 20263
AB738291ARK2 MARINE INCSep 22, 2025Sep 22, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 14, 2026