Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2024 Western Trailer Company

5DN115343RB000497 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
30 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 7
First seenSep 5, 2023
WA
Last seenMar 31, 2026
ID
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 30 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
5DN115343RB000497
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2024
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 20, 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
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1994 or 2024

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

North American serial sequence
000497

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
2024

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 5, 2023 – Mar 31, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 31, 2026IDI · Full2DIRECT-WAY TRANSPORT LTD 286705924565L/BC
Mar 16, 2026WAII · Walk-around0DIRECT-WAY TRANSPORT LTD 286705924565L/BC
Feb 26, 2025WAIII · Driver-only0T & P TRUCKING LTD 2946815154K/BC
Mar 13, 2024WAII · Walk-around3OOST & P TRUCKING LTD 29468151514K/BC
Feb 2, 2024WAIII · Driver-only1T & P TRUCKING LTD 29468151514K/BC
Oct 3, 2023IDI · Full0T & P TRUCKING LTD 29468151514K/BC
Sep 5, 2023WAIII · Driver-only0T & P TRUCKING LTD 29468151514K/BC
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
DIRECT-WAY TRANSPORT LTD2867059Mar 16, 2026Mar 31, 20262BC
T & P TRUCKING LTD294681Sep 5, 2023Feb 26, 20255BC
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.
24565LBCDIRECT-WAY TRANSPORT LTDMar 16, 2026Mar 31, 20262
5154KBCT & P TRUCKING LTDFeb 26, 2025Feb 26, 20251
51514KBCT & P TRUCKING LTDSep 5, 2023Mar 13, 20244
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 20, 2026