Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Mac Trailer Manufacturing

5MAPA4827JA036247 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
24 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenNov 1, 2023
MI
Last seenNov 25, 2025
IN
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 24 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
5MAPA4827JA036247
Make
Mac Trailer Manufacturing
Model
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING
Model year
2018
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 8, 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
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
036247

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
2018

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 · Nov 1, 2023 – Nov 25, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 25, 2025INIII · Driver-only2UNICORN EXPRESS LLC 1814635D962323/MI
Sep 10, 2025GAIII · Driver-only2UNICORN EXPRESS LLC 1814635D962323/MI
May 20, 2025WYII · Walk-around3LINKSPEC GROUP LLC 2166527D962323/MI
Aug 20, 2024FLIII · Driver-only4LINKSPEC GROUP LLC 2166527D962323/MI
Nov 1, 2023MIII · Walk-around0LINKSPEC GROUP LLC 2166527D962323/MI
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
UNICORN EXPRESS LLC1814635Sep 10, 2025Nov 25, 20252TX
LINKSPEC GROUP LLC2166527Nov 1, 2023May 20, 20253MI
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.
D962323MIUNICORN EXPRESS LLCSep 10, 2025Nov 25, 20252
D962323MILINKSPEC GROUP LLCNov 1, 2023May 20, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 8, 2026