Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1998 Heil Trailer International

5HTAB4526W7H62408 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
6 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenApr 8, 2025
MO
Last seenOct 21, 2025
OK
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5HTAB4526W7H62408
Make
Heil Trailer International
Model
Heil Trailer International
Model year
1998
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 1, 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
AB452

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

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
H62408

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 · 112 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Heil Trailer International

Prefix basis · 112 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 · Apr 8, 2025 – Oct 21, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 21, 2025OKII · Walk-around0ACTION AVIATION LLC 3009529Z05491/TX
Jun 1, 2025TXII · Walk-around0ACTION AVIATION LLC 3009529Z05491/TX
May 15, 2025COIII · Driver-only3ACTION AVIATION LLC 3009529Z05491/TX
Apr 19, 2025MOII · Walk-around0ACTION AVIATION LLC 3009529Z05491/TX
Apr 8, 2025MOII · Walk-around0ACTION AVIATION LLC 3009529Z05491/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ACTION AVIATION LLC3009529Apr 8, 2025Oct 21, 20255TX
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.
Z05491TXACTION AVIATION LLCApr 8, 2025Oct 21, 20255
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 1, 2026