Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Western Trailer Company

5DN16482XHB001387 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
28 mo
Inspections11
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 11
First seenDec 13, 2023
CA
Last seenApr 13, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5DN16482XHB001387
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
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

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
001387

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 · Dec 13, 2023 – Apr 13, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 13, 2026CAI · Full0ARNOLD J THOMAS & SON INC 61163HU96280/OR
Sep 29, 2025CAII · Walk-around0ARNOLD J THOMAS & SON INC 61163HU96280/OR
Sep 11, 2025CAII · Walk-around0ARNOLD J THOMAS & SON INC 61163HU96280/OR
Jul 20, 2025CAI · Full0ARNOLD J THOMAS & SON INC 61163HU96280/OR
Jun 27, 2025CAI · Full0ARNOLD J THOMAS & SON INC 61163HU96282/OR
Jan 22, 2025CAI · Full0ARNOLD J THOMAS & SON INC 61163HU96280/OR
Sep 16, 2024CAI · Full1ARNOLD J THOMAS & SON INC 61163HU96280/OR
Aug 29, 2024WAI · Full0ARNOLD J THOMAS & SON INC 61163HU96280/OR
Apr 22, 2024CAI · Full0ARNOLD J THOMAS & SON INC 61163HU96280/OR
Mar 13, 2024CAI · Full0ARNOLD J THOMAS & SON INC 61163HU96282/OR
Dec 13, 2023CAI · Full0ARNOLD J THOMAS & SON INC 61163HU96280/OR
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ARNOLD J THOMAS & SON INC61163Dec 13, 2023Apr 13, 202611OR
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.
HU96280ORARNOLD J THOMAS & SON INCDec 13, 2023Apr 13, 20269
HU96282ORARNOLD J THOMAS & SON INCMar 13, 2024Jun 27, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026