Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2013 Western Trailer Company

5DN144521DB000942 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
20 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 3
First seenMar 8, 2024
CA
Last seenNov 20, 2025
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 20 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
5DN144521DB000942
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2013
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 9, 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
14452

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
1983 or 2013

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

North American serial sequence
000942

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 · 112 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Western Trailer Company

Prefix basis · 112 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
2013

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 · Mar 8, 2024 – Nov 20, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 20, 2025CAII · Walk-around1G&J HAULING LLC 27702624MB7196/CA
May 26, 2025CAII · Walk-around12OOSWAL ENTERPRISES LLC 27702464MB7196/CA
Mar 8, 2024CAIII · Driver-only2WAL ENTERPRISES LLC 27702464MB7196/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
G&J HAULING LLC2770262Nov 20, 2025Nov 20, 20251CA
WAL ENTERPRISES LLC2770246Mar 8, 2024May 26, 20252CA
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.
4MB7196CAG&J HAULING LLCNov 20, 2025Nov 20, 20251
4MB7196CAWAL ENTERPRISES LLCMar 8, 2024May 26, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 9, 2026