Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

4V4NC9EH8BN296945

Not yet decoded
Carriers run under3
Inspections0
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 0
First seen
Last seen
Inspected under 3 different carriers
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

This VIN has not been decoded yet — the unit's carrier, inspection and plate history below is reconstructed from the FMCSA inspection feed regardless.

Decode evidence & sources

Deterministic structure

These fields come directly from VIN positions and the published checksum calculation, with zero store IO.

World manufacturer identifier
4V4

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
NC9EH

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1981 or 2011

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

North American serial sequence
296945

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.

Temporarily unavailable

The platform resolver did not return a reliable response

Deterministic validation above is complete. Platform fields are withheld because an outage is not evidence that the VIN has no known platform.

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
2011

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
VOLVO TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
VNL

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck-Tractor

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • platform resolution (temporarily unavailable)

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BIGHORN TRUCKING ATX LLC4406838Jul 28, 2025Feb 13, 20262TX
GOLDEN GATE SOLUTIONS LLC4374308Jun 16, 2025Jun 16, 20251TX
M 1 TRANSPORTATION INC1937002Apr 24, 2024May 31, 20242NE
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.
31T604NTXBIGHORN TRUCKING ATX LLCFeb 13, 2026Feb 13, 20261
16T252NTXBIGHORN TRUCKING ATX LLCJul 28, 2025Jul 28, 20251
70R171NTXGOLDEN GATE SOLUTIONS LLCJun 16, 2025Jun 16, 20251
XA842BFLM 1 TRANSPORTATION INCApr 24, 2024May 31, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC