Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2014 Western Trailer Company

5DN165343EB000351 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
8 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 6
First seenMay 21, 2025
WA
Last seenJan 21, 2026
WA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5DN165343EB000351
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2014
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
16534

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1984 or 2014

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

North American serial sequence
000351

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 · 91 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Western Trailer Company

Prefix basis · 91 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
2014

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 · May 21, 2025 – Jan 21, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 21, 2026WAII · Walk-around5TRI CURTAIN TRANSPORT LTD 381475422524L/BC
Jan 6, 2026WAII · Walk-around3TRI CURTAIN TRANSPORT LTD 381475422524L/BC
Nov 24, 2025WAII · Walk-around6TRI CURTAIN TRANSPORT LTD 381475422524L/BC
Sep 25, 2025WAIII · Driver-only0TRI CURTAIN TRANSPORT LTD 381475422524L/BC
Aug 21, 2025WAIII · Driver-only3TRI CURTAIN TRANSPORT LTD 381475422524L/BC
May 21, 2025WAIII · Driver-only0TRI CURTAIN TRANSPORT LTD 381475422524L/BC
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TRI CURTAIN TRANSPORT LTD3814754May 21, 2025Jan 21, 20266BC
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.
22524LBCTRI CURTAIN TRANSPORT LTDMay 21, 2025Jan 21, 20266
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 25, 2026