Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Kaufman Trailers Of Nc

5VGFW5030GL006522 · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
4 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 3
First seenOct 17, 2025
AZ
Last seenFeb 17, 2026
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 4 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
5VGFW5030GL006522
Make
Kaufman Trailers Of Nc
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2016
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 9, 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
FW503

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
006522

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
2016

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 · Oct 17, 2025 – Feb 17, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 17, 2026CAIII · Driver-only9OOSTWINS POWER LOGISTICS LLC 4457256413318/NV
Nov 15, 2025COIII · Driver-only2OOSTRANSPARADA LLC 4286367413318/NV
Oct 17, 2025AZI · Full10OOSTRANSPARADA LLC 4286367413318/NV
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TWINS POWER LOGISTICS LLC4457256Feb 17, 2026Feb 17, 20261FL
TRANSPARADA LLC4286367Oct 17, 2025Nov 15, 20252AZ
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.
413318NVTWINS POWER LOGISTICS LLCFeb 17, 2026Feb 17, 20261
413318NVTRANSPARADA LLCOct 17, 2025Nov 15, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 9, 2026