Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2023 Kaufman Trailers Of Nc

5VGFW5021PL003135 · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
11 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 4
First seenJun 30, 2025
MA
Last seenMay 20, 2026
DE
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 11 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.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5VGFW5021PL003135
Make
Kaufman Trailers Of Nc
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2023
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 18, 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
5VG

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
FW502

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
1993 or 2023

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

North American serial sequence
003135

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.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

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
2023

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
KAUFMAN TRAILERS OF NC

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

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jun 30, 2025 – May 20, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 20, 2026DEI · Full1FIRST CHOICE EXPRESS HAULING INC 451514654G6/MA
Jan 22, 2026VAI · Full8FASTWAY TRANSPORTATION INC 324591554H8/MA
Oct 14, 2025MDII · Walk-around3OOSFASTWAY TRANSPORTATION INC 324591554H8/MA
Jun 30, 2025MAIII · Driver-only3FASTWAY TRANSPORTATION INC 324591554H8/MA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
FIRST CHOICE EXPRESS HAULING INC4515146May 20, 2026May 20, 20261MA
FASTWAY TRANSPORTATION INC3245915Jun 30, 2025Jan 22, 20263MA
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.
54G6MAFIRST CHOICE EXPRESS HAULING INCMay 20, 2026May 20, 20261
54H8MAFASTWAY TRANSPORTATION INCJun 30, 2025Jan 22, 20263
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 18, 2026