Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Western Trailer Company

5DN115342JB000334 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
29 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 6
First seenAug 1, 2023
MT
Last seenJan 13, 2026
WA
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 29 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
5DN115342JB000334
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2018
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 25, 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
5DN

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
11534

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

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
000334

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
WESTERN TRAILER COMPANY

Prefix basis · 384 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Western Trailer Company

Prefix basis · 384 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
WESTERN TRAILER COMPANY

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Western Trailer Company

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 · Aug 1, 2023 – Jan 13, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 13, 2026WAII · Walk-around1MRN TRANSPORT LTD 380480445308L/BC
Mar 25, 2025WAIII · Driver-only0ZX TRANSPORT LTD 29687536RP815/AB
Oct 24, 2024MTIII · Driver-only1ZX TRANSPORT LTD 29687536RP815/AB
Oct 11, 2023MTII · Walk-around2CHARN TRUCKING LTD 375852951199K/BC
Oct 2, 2023WAIII · Driver-only0CHARN TRUCKING LTD 375852951199K/BC
Aug 1, 2023MTII · Walk-around0CHARN TRUCKING LTD 375852999582J/BC
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MRN TRANSPORT LTD3804804Jan 13, 2026Jan 13, 20261BC
ZX TRANSPORT LTD2968753Oct 24, 2024Mar 25, 20252AB
CHARN TRUCKING LTD3758529Aug 1, 2023Oct 11, 20233BC
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.
45308LBCMRN TRANSPORT LTDJan 13, 2026Jan 13, 20261
6RP815ABZX TRANSPORT LTDOct 24, 2024Mar 25, 20252
51199KBCCHARN TRUCKING LTDOct 2, 2023Oct 11, 20232
99582JBCCHARN TRUCKING LTDAug 1, 2023Aug 1, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 25, 2026