Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2006 Construction Trailer Specialists

5TU1140286S000571 · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
26 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 8
First seenNov 6, 2023
TX
Last seenJan 15, 2026
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5TU1140286S000571
Make
Construction Trailer Specialists
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2006
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 11, 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
5TU

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
11402

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
2006 or 2036

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

North American serial sequence
000571

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
CONSTRUCTION TRAILER SPECIALISTS

Prefix basis · 420 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
CONSTRUCTION TRAILER SPECIALISTS

Prefix basis · 420 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
2006

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
CONSTRUCTION TRAILER SPECIALISTS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Not established

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 6, 2023 – Jan 15, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 15, 2026TXI · Full5LUIS ANGEL MERCADO 3528849DJ5127/OK
Oct 31, 2025TXII · Walk-around4OOSLUIS ANGEL MERCADO 3528849DJ5127/OK
Jul 16, 2025TXII · Walk-around18OOSLUIS ANGEL MERCADO 3528849DJ5127/OK
Sep 17, 2024TXII · Walk-around4LUIS ANGEL MERCADO 3528849DJ5127/OK
May 14, 2024TXII · Walk-around3LUIS ANGEL MERCADO 3528849AX3517/OK
Feb 9, 2024TXI · Full15OOSLUIS ANGEL MERCADO 3528849AX3517/OK
Feb 7, 2024TXIII · Driver-only2LUIS ANGEL MERCADO 3528849AX3517/OK
Nov 6, 2023TXI · Full25OOSLUIS ANGEL MERCADO 3528849AX3517/OK
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
LUIS ANGEL MERCADO3528849Nov 6, 2023Jan 15, 20268TX
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.
DJ5127OKLUIS ANGEL MERCADOSep 17, 2024Jan 15, 20264
AX3517OKLUIS ANGEL MERCADONov 6, 2023May 14, 20244
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 11, 2026