Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2022 Western Trailer Company

5DN115345NB000303 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
21 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 6
First seenAug 13, 2024
MT
Last seenMay 14, 2026
ID
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 21 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
5DN115345NB000303
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2022
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
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1992 or 2022

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

North American serial sequence
000303

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
2022

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 · Aug 13, 2024 – May 14, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 14, 2026IDI · Full2MRN TRANSPORT LTD 380480403515L/BC
Dec 18, 2025MTIII · Driver-only0MRN TRANSPORT LTD 380480403515L/BC
Aug 7, 2025MTIII · Driver-only0MRN TRANSPORT LTD 380480403515L/BC
Jul 10, 2025MTI · Full2MRN TRANSPORT LTD 380480403515L/BC
Jan 30, 2025MTII · Walk-around0MRN TRANSPORT LTD 380480403515L/BC
Aug 13, 2024MTIII · Driver-only0DIRECT-WAY LOGISTICS LTD 330855394629K/BC
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MRN TRANSPORT LTD3804804Jan 30, 2025May 14, 20265BC
DIRECT-WAY LOGISTICS LTD3308553Aug 13, 2024Aug 13, 20241BC
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.
03515LBCMRN TRANSPORT LTDJan 30, 2025May 14, 20265
94629KBCDIRECT-WAY LOGISTICS LTDAug 13, 2024Aug 13, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 25, 2026