Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2026 Western Trailer Company

5DN154427TB000683 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
9 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 5
First seenAug 27, 2025
NE
Last seenMay 21, 2026
CO
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 9 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
5DN154427TB000683
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2026
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 1, 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
1996 or 2026

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

North American serial sequence
000683

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
2026

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 · Aug 27, 2025 – May 21, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 21, 2026COIII · Driver-only3A LAZY J LIVESTOCK LLC 2801189313237/NE
Mar 20, 2026UTIII · Driver-only2FNM INDUSTRIES LLC 4333074313237/NE
Mar 5, 2026COI · Full4OOSFNM INDUSTRIES LLC 4333074313237/NE
Nov 12, 2025COIII · Driver-only4OOSFNM INDUSTRIES LLC 4333074313237/NE
Aug 27, 2025NEIII · Driver-only1A LAZY J LIVESTOCK LLC 2801189NONE/ID
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
A LAZY J LIVESTOCK LLC2801189Aug 27, 2025May 21, 20262NE
FNM INDUSTRIES LLC4333074Nov 12, 2025Mar 20, 20263SD
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.
313237NEA LAZY J LIVESTOCK LLCMay 21, 2026May 21, 20261
313237NEFNM INDUSTRIES LLCNov 12, 2025Mar 20, 20263
NONEIDA LAZY J LIVESTOCK LLCAug 27, 2025Aug 27, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 1, 2026