Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2015 Heil Trailer International

5HTAB4435F7L80202 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
29 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 10
First seenAug 21, 2023
ME
Last seenJan 8, 2026
ME
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5HTAB4435F7L80202
Make
Heil Trailer International
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2015
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
5HT

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
AB443

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1985 or 2015

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

North American serial sequence
L80202

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
2015

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
HEIL TRAILER INTERNATIONAL

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Not established

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 · Aug 21, 2023 – Jan 8, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 8, 2026MEII · Walk-around0DEAD RIVER TRANSPORT LLC 19545625255579/ME
Dec 3, 2025MEII · Walk-around0DEAD RIVER TRANSPORT LLC 19545625255579/ME
Feb 10, 2025MEII · Walk-around0DEAD RIVER TRANSPORT LLC 19545625255579/ME
Apr 7, 2024MEII · Walk-around0DEAD RIVER TRANSPORT LLC 19545625255579/ME
Mar 11, 2024MEII · Walk-around0DEAD RIVER TRANSPORT LLC 19545625255579/ME
Feb 9, 2024MEIII · Driver-only1DEAD RIVER TRANSPORT LLC 19545625255579/ME
Jan 2, 2024MEII · Walk-around0DEAD RIVER TRANSPORT LLC 19545625255579/ME
Aug 29, 2023MEI · Full1DEAD RIVER TRANSPORT LLC 19545622447570/ME
Aug 22, 2023MEI · Full1DEAD RIVER TRANSPORT LLC 19545622447570/ME
Aug 21, 2023MEII · Walk-around0DEAD RIVER TRANSPORT LLC 19545622447570/ME
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
DEAD RIVER TRANSPORT LLC1954562Aug 21, 2023Jan 8, 202610ME
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.
5255579MEDEAD RIVER TRANSPORT LLCJan 2, 2024Jan 8, 20267
2447570MEDEAD RIVER TRANSPORT LLCAug 21, 2023Aug 29, 20233
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026