Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1998 Heil Trailer International

5HTAB4432W7H61928 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
13 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 6
First seenJun 27, 2025
MN
Last seenJul 23, 2026
MN
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5HTAB4432W7H61928
Make
Heil Trailer International
Model
Heil Trailer International
Model year
1998
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 23, 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
5HT

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
AB443

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
1998 or 2028

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

North American serial sequence
H61928

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
HEIL TRAILER INTERNATIONAL

Prefix basis · 33 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Heil Trailer International

Prefix basis · 33 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
1998

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
HEIL TRAILER INTERNATIONAL

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Heil Trailer International

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 · Jun 27, 2025 – Jul 23, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 23, 2026MNII · Walk-around3OOSDIXON BROSINC 122815A9330/WY
May 18, 2026MNIII · Driver-only1DIXON BROSINC 122815TH1189/ID
Dec 19, 2025MNII · Walk-around0DIXON BROSINC 122815TH1189/ID
Oct 27, 2025MNII · Walk-around2OOSDIXON BROSINC 122815TH1189/ID
Jul 24, 2025MNII · Walk-around2DIXON BROSINC 122815TH1189/ID
Jun 27, 2025MNII · Walk-around2OOSDIXON BROSINC 122815TH1189/ID
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
DIXON BROSINC122815Jun 27, 2025Jul 23, 20266WY
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.
A9330WY2DIXON BROSINCJul 23, 2026Jul 23, 20261
TH1189ID2DIXON BROSINCJun 27, 2025May 18, 20265
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 23, 2026