Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2022 Kaufman Trailers Of Nc

5VGFW5029NL010198 · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
20 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 8
First seenSep 5, 2023
NJ
Last seenMay 1, 2025
NY
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 20 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
5VGFW5029NL010198
Make
Kaufman Trailers Of Nc
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2022
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 7, 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
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1992 or 2022

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

North American serial sequence
010198

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
2022

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 · Sep 5, 2023 – May 1, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 1, 2025NYIII · Driver-only0ONTARIO AUTO TRANSPORT LLC 4317073CH36457/NY
Apr 15, 2025NYII · Walk-around0ONTARIO AUTO TRANSPORT LLC 4317073CH36457/NY
Sep 20, 2024NYII · Walk-around0EMPIRE AUTO TRANSPORTATION GROUP INC 1427959CH35853/NY
Jul 8, 2024NJI · Full0ANTWERP AUTO TRANSPORT INC 3973687CG16415/NY
Apr 15, 2024TNI · Full0ANTWERP AUTO TRANSPORT INC 3973687CG16415/TN
Feb 20, 2024NJI · Full0ANTWERP AUTO TRANSPORT INC 3973687CG16415/NY
Feb 2, 2024NYI · Full3OOSANTWERP AUTO TRANSPORT INC 3973687CG16415/NY
Sep 5, 2023NJI · Full6OOSANTWERP AUTO TRANSPORT INC 39736875128849/ME
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ONTARIO AUTO TRANSPORT LLC4317073Apr 15, 2025May 1, 20252NY
EMPIRE AUTO TRANSPORTATION GROUP INC1427959Sep 20, 2024Sep 20, 20241NY
ANTWERP AUTO TRANSPORT INC3973687Sep 5, 2023Jul 8, 20245NY
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.
CH36457NYONTARIO AUTO TRANSPORT LLCApr 15, 2025May 1, 20252
CH35853NYEMPIRE AUTO TRANSPORTATION GROUP INCSep 20, 2024Sep 20, 20241
CG16415NYANTWERP AUTO TRANSPORT INCFeb 2, 2024Jul 8, 20243
CG16415TNANTWERP AUTO TRANSPORT INCApr 15, 2024Apr 15, 20241
5128849MEANTWERP AUTO TRANSPORT INCSep 5, 2023Sep 5, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 7, 2026