Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2008 Mac Trailer Manufacturing

5MAPA48258A016556 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
12 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenJan 28, 2025
SC
Last seenJan 19, 2026
LA
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 12 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
5MAPA48258A016556
Make
Mac Trailer Manufacturing
Model
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING
Model year
2008
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 17, 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
PA482

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
2008 or 2038

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

North American serial sequence
016556

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 · 1,229 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING

Prefix basis · 1,229 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
2008

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jan 28, 2025 – Jan 19, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 19, 2026LAIII · Driver-only0NICKEL AND DIME TRUCKING LLC 1017826J0L285/KY
Jan 7, 2026TXII · Walk-around1NICKEL AND DIME TRUCKING LLC 1017826J0L/KY
Mar 18, 2025TNIII · Driver-only1BOB KRATZER TRUCKING 1017862J0L285/KY
Jan 28, 2025SCIII · Driver-only1CLARK TRANSPORT LLC 2040512PT871F6/PA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
NICKEL AND DIME TRUCKING LLC1017826Jan 7, 2026Jan 19, 20262KY
BOB KRATZER TRUCKING1017862Mar 18, 2025Mar 18, 20251CO
CLARK TRANSPORT LLC2040512Jan 28, 2025Jan 28, 20251PA
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.
J0L285KYNICKEL AND DIME TRUCKING LLCJan 19, 2026Jan 19, 20261
J0LKYNICKEL AND DIME TRUCKING LLCJan 7, 2026Jan 7, 20261
J0L285KYBOB KRATZER TRUCKINGMar 18, 2025Mar 18, 20251
PT871F6PACLARK TRANSPORT LLCJan 28, 2025Jan 28, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 17, 2026