Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2012 Clement Industries Clement

5C2BB40B4CM008273 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
14 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 4
First seenFeb 16, 2024
TX
Last seenApr 29, 2025
TX
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 14 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.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5C2BB40B4CM008273
Make
Clement Industries
Model
Clement
Model year
2012
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 17, 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
5C2

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
BB40B

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
1982 or 2012

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

North American serial sequence
008273

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
CLEMENT INDUSTRIES

Prefix basis · 79 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Clement

Prefix basis · 79 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
2012

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
CLEMENT INDUSTRIES

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Clement

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 · Feb 16, 2024 – Apr 29, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 29, 2025TXI · Full15OOSM CORTEZ TRUCKING LLC 2422776210B379/TX
Sep 5, 2024TXII · Walk-around5M CORTEZ TRUCKING LLC 2422776210B379/TX
Jul 3, 2024TXII · Walk-around13OOSSTRATEGIC METAL SOLUTIONS LLC 3586761210B379/TX
Feb 16, 2024TXI · Full16REYNALDO SANCHEZ GARCIA 1958715210B379/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
M CORTEZ TRUCKING LLC2422776Sep 5, 2024Apr 29, 20252TX
STRATEGIC METAL SOLUTIONS LLC3586761Jul 3, 2024Jul 3, 20241TX
REYNALDO SANCHEZ GARCIA1958715Feb 16, 2024Feb 16, 20241TX
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.
210B379TXM CORTEZ TRUCKING LLCSep 5, 2024Apr 29, 20252
210B379TXSTRATEGIC METAL SOLUTIONS LLCJul 3, 2024Jul 3, 20241
210B379TXREYNALDO SANCHEZ GARCIAFeb 16, 2024Feb 16, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 17, 2026