Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2014 Western Trailer Company

5DN115346EB000195 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
21 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 7
First seenJul 22, 2024
ND
Last seenApr 1, 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.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5DN115346EB000195
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2014
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
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
1984 or 2014

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

North American serial sequence
000195

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
2014

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 · Jul 22, 2024 – Apr 1, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 1, 2026IDII · Walk-around5OOSDIRECT-WAY LOGISTICS LTD 330855390856K/BC
Jul 2, 2025WAIII · Driver-only3DIRECT-WAY LOGISTICS LTD 330855390856K/AB
Apr 16, 2025IDI · Full3DIRECT-WAY LOGISTICS LTD 330855390856K/BC
Apr 2, 2025WYIII · Driver-only1DIRECT-WAY LOGISTICS LTD 330855390856K/BC
Jan 13, 2025MTII · Walk-around1DIRECT-WAY TRANSPORT LTD 286705990856K/BC
Sep 17, 2024WYIII · Driver-only3DIRECT-WAY LOGISTICS LTD 330855390856K/BC
Jul 22, 2024NDIII · Driver-only0DIRECT-WAY TRANSPORT LTD 286705990856K/BC
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
DIRECT-WAY LOGISTICS LTD3308553Sep 17, 2024Apr 1, 20265BC
DIRECT-WAY TRANSPORT LTD2867059Jul 22, 2024Jan 13, 20252BC
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.
90856KBCDIRECT-WAY LOGISTICS LTDSep 17, 2024Apr 1, 20264
90856KABDIRECT-WAY LOGISTICS LTDJul 2, 2025Jul 2, 20251
90856KBCDIRECT-WAY TRANSPORT LTDJul 22, 2024Jan 13, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 20, 2026