Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Western Trailer Company

5DN154427GB000303 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
20 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 7
First seenSep 16, 2024
KS
Last seenMay 13, 2026
KS
Inspected under 3 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.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5DN154427GB000303
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2016
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
15442

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

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 · 350 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Western Trailer Company

Prefix basis · 350 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
2016

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 · Sep 16, 2024 – May 13, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 13, 2026KSI · Full2BAMBA TRUCKING LLC 4503026714175/KS
May 13, 2026KSI · Full2BAMBA TRUCKING LLC 4503026714175/KS
May 6, 2026KSIII · Driver-only0K & G TRUCKING LLC 872133714175/KS
Oct 16, 2025KSI · Full4OOSHIWAY EXPRESS INC 884096714175/KS
Apr 29, 2025KSII · Walk-around2HIWAY EXPRESS INC 884096714175/KS
Oct 21, 2024KSII · Walk-around0HIWAY EXPRESS INC 884096714175/KS
Sep 16, 2024KSI · Full9OOSHIWAY EXPRESS INC 884096690721/KS
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Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BAMBA TRUCKING LLC4503026May 13, 2026May 13, 20262KS
K & G TRUCKING LLC872133May 6, 2026May 6, 20261KS
HIWAY EXPRESS INC884096Sep 16, 2024Oct 16, 20254KS
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.
714175KS2BAMBA TRUCKING LLCMay 13, 2026May 13, 20262
714175KSK & G TRUCKING LLCMay 6, 2026May 6, 20261
714175KSHIWAY EXPRESS INCOct 21, 2024Oct 16, 20253
690721KSHIWAY EXPRESS INCSep 16, 2024Sep 16, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 25, 2026