Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Western Trailer Company

5DN164822HB001318 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
32 mo
Inspections9
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 9
First seenJun 29, 2023
MT
Last seenFeb 24, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5DN164822HB001318
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2017
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 16, 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
16482

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
001318

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 · 146 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Western Trailer Company

Prefix basis · 146 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
2017

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 · Jun 29, 2023 – Feb 24, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 24, 2026CAII · Walk-around0M SAMPSON TRUCKING LLC 2412151CTA343/MT
Feb 23, 2026MTI · Full2M SAMPSON TRUCKING LLC 2412151CTA343/MT
Dec 17, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0M SAMPSON TRUCKING LLC 2412151CTA343/MT
Sep 8, 2025MTI · Full3M SAMPSON TRUCKING LLC 2412151CTA343/MT
Apr 23, 2024CAII · Walk-around1M SAMPSON TRUCKING LLC 2412151CTA343/MT
Jan 30, 2024CAI · Full0M SAMPSON TRUCKING LLC 2412151CTA343/MT
Jan 30, 2024CAI · Full5OOSM SAMPSON TRUCKING LLC 2412151CTA343/MT
Sep 19, 2023CAI · Full0M SAMPSON TRUCKING LLC 2412151CTA343/MT
Jun 29, 2023MTI · Full1OOSM SAMPSON TRUCKING LLC 2412151CTA343/MT
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
M SAMPSON TRUCKING LLC2412151Jun 29, 2023Feb 24, 20269MT
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
CTA343MTM SAMPSON TRUCKING LLCJun 29, 2023Feb 24, 20269
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026