Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Kaufman Trailers Of Nc

5VGFW5038LL009596 · TRAILER
Carriers run under4
15 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 4
First seenJan 16, 2025
NC
Last seenApr 18, 2026
NY
Inspected under 4 different carriers in 15 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
5VGFW5038LL009596
Make
Kaufman Trailers Of Nc
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2020
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
FW503

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
009596

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
2020

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 · Jan 16, 2025 – Apr 18, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 18, 2026NYIII · Driver-only4PHENIXTRUCKING LLC 3991799TZ9042J/MA
Aug 19, 2025PAI · Full4LION TRUCKING COMPANY LLC 3989600TZ9544F/MA
Mar 27, 2025ILI · Full12OOSCRYSTAL TRUCKING INC 11651565344091/ME
Jan 16, 2025NCI · Full3GFT EXPRESS LLC 42255625344091/ME
03

Carriers this unit has run under

4 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
PHENIXTRUCKING LLC3991799Apr 18, 2026Apr 18, 20261MA
LION TRUCKING COMPANY LLC3989600Aug 19, 2025Aug 19, 20251MA
CRYSTAL TRUCKING INC1165156Mar 27, 2025Mar 27, 20251IN
GFT EXPRESS LLC4225562Jan 16, 2025Jan 16, 20251IN
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.
TZ9042JMAPHENIXTRUCKING LLCApr 18, 2026Apr 18, 20261
TZ9544FMALION TRUCKING COMPANY LLCAug 19, 2025Aug 19, 20251
5344091MECRYSTAL TRUCKING INCMar 27, 2025Mar 27, 20251
5344091MEGFT EXPRESS LLCJan 16, 2025Jan 16, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 18, 2026