Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2013 Construction Trailer Specialists

5TU344022DS000465 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
27 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 7
First seenJun 28, 2023
MN
Last seenSep 24, 2025
MN
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5TU344022DS000465
Make
Construction Trailer Specialists
Model
CONSTRUCTION TRAILER SPECIALISTS
Model year
2013
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 21, 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
34402

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

Model year candidates
1983 or 2013

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

North American serial sequence
000465

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 · 75 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
CONSTRUCTION TRAILER SPECIALISTS

Prefix basis · 75 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
2013

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
CONSTRUCTION TRAILER SPECIALISTS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
CONSTRUCTION TRAILER SPECIALISTS

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 · Jun 28, 2023 – Sep 24, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 24, 2025MNIII · Driver-only3EVANS SCRAP AND STEEL INC 18468010768STZ/MN
May 7, 2024MNII · Walk-around2EVANS SCRAP AND STEEL INC 18468010768STZ/MN
Feb 13, 2024MNIII · Driver-only1EVANS SCRAP AND STEEL INC 18468010768STZ/MN
Dec 11, 2023MNIII · Driver-only0EVANS SCRAP AND STEEL INC 18468010768STZ/MN
Sep 20, 2023MNIII · Driver-only0EVANS SCRAP AND STEEL INC 18468010768STZ/MN
Jun 29, 2023MNIII · Driver-only1EVANS SCRAP AND STEEL INC 18468010768STZ/MN
Jun 28, 2023MNIII · Driver-only0EVANS SCRAP AND STEEL INC 18468010768STZ/MN
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
EVANS SCRAP AND STEEL INC1846801Jun 28, 2023Sep 24, 20257MN
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.
0768STZMNEVANS SCRAP AND STEEL INCJun 28, 2023Sep 24, 20257
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026