Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Kaufman Trailers Of Nc

5VGFW5038JL006484 · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
17 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 3
First seenAug 20, 2024
MD
Last seenJan 14, 2026
NC
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 17 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
5VGFW5038JL006484
Make
Kaufman Trailers Of Nc
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2018
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 16, 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
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
006484

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
2018

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 · Aug 20, 2024 – Jan 14, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 14, 2026NCI · Full6OOSHERRERA SERVICES LLC 40077745572121/ME
Aug 27, 2024FLI · Full3OOSINTEGRITY AUTO SERVICES 42525565412789/ME
Aug 20, 2024MDII · Walk-around1INTEGRITY AUTO SERVICES 42525565412789/ME
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HERRERA SERVICES LLC4007774Jan 14, 2026Jan 14, 20261PA
INTEGRITY AUTO SERVICES4252556Aug 20, 2024Aug 27, 20242MD
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.
5572121MEHERRERA SERVICES LLCJan 14, 2026Jan 14, 20261
5412789ME2INTEGRITY AUTO SERVICESAug 20, 2024Aug 27, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 16, 2026