Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Armor Lite Trailer

56EA53K20LA000260 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
25 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections5
of 5
First seenSep 21, 2023
TX
Last seenOct 23, 2025
KS
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 25 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
56EA53K20LA000260
Make
Armor Lite Trailer
Model
Armor Lite Trailer
Model year
2020
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 5, 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
56E

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
A53K2

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
000260

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 TRAILER

Prefix basis · 628 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Armor Lite Trailer

Prefix basis · 628 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 TRAILER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Armor Lite Trailer

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 · Sep 21, 2023 – Oct 23, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 23, 2025KSI · Full22OOSERASMO 16 G TRUCKING LLC 398188156V067W/TX
Oct 17, 2025KSI · Full15OOSERASMO 16 G TRUCKING LLC 398188172M407N/TX
Jan 8, 2025TXIII · Driver-only7OOSSILVA CARRIERS LLC 424557342W688V/TX
Jan 6, 2025TXIII · Driver-only6OOSSILVA CARRIERS LLC 424557359V700V/TX
Sep 21, 2023TXII · Walk-around11OOSJASEM TRANSPORTATION LLC 392216139P278M/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ERASMO 16 G TRUCKING LLC3981881Oct 17, 2025Oct 23, 20252TX
SILVA CARRIERS LLC4245573Jan 6, 2025Jan 8, 20252TX
JASEM TRANSPORTATION LLC3922161Sep 21, 2023Sep 21, 20231TX
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.
56V067WTXERASMO 16 G TRUCKING LLCOct 23, 2025Oct 23, 20251
72M407NTXERASMO 16 G TRUCKING LLCOct 17, 2025Oct 17, 20251
42W688VTXSILVA CARRIERS LLCJan 8, 2025Jan 8, 20251
59V700VTXSILVA CARRIERS LLCJan 6, 2025Jan 6, 20251
39P278MTXJASEM TRANSPORTATION LLCSep 21, 2023Sep 21, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 5, 2026