Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2025 Mac trailer manufacturing MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING

5MADN3820SK078109 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
23 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 4
First seenAug 15, 2024
TX
Last seenJul 23, 2026
TX
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 23 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5MADN3820SK078109
Make
Mac trailer manufacturing
Model
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING
Model year
2025
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 30, 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
5MA

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
DN382

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

Model year candidates
1995 or 2025

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

North American serial sequence
078109

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
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING

Prefix basis · 57 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING

Prefix basis · 57 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
2025

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING

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 15, 2024 – Jul 23, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 23, 2026TXII · Walk-around12GOLDEN ELK TRUCKING LLC 4557217DF2308/OK
Aug 8, 2025TXII · Walk-around4LIMITLESS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC 4074891DF2308/OK
Apr 25, 2025TXII · Walk-around0LIMITLESS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC 4074891DF2308/OK
Aug 15, 2024TXI · Full6OOSRUBALCAVA TRANSPORT TX LLC 2923499DF2308/OK
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Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
GOLDEN ELK TRUCKING LLC4557217Jul 23, 2026Jul 23, 20261TX
LIMITLESS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC4074891Apr 25, 2025Aug 8, 20252TX
RUBALCAVA TRANSPORT TX LLC2923499Aug 15, 2024Aug 15, 20241TX
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.
DF2308OK2GOLDEN ELK TRUCKING LLCJul 23, 2026Jul 23, 20261
DF2308OKLIMITLESS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLCApr 25, 2025Aug 8, 20252
DF2308OKRUBALCAVA TRANSPORT TX LLCAug 15, 2024Aug 15, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 30, 2026