Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Kaufman Trailers Of Nc

5VGLT4224HL001657 · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
13 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenJun 29, 2023
SC
Last seenJul 23, 2024
NC
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 13 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
5VGLT4224HL001657
Make
Kaufman Trailers Of Nc
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2017
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
LT422

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
001657

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
2017

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 29, 2023 – Jul 23, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 23, 2024NCIII · Driver-only0GREG RANDAL JACOBS 2349671DA24462/NC
Dec 7, 2023SCIII · Driver-only2GREG RANDAL JACOBS 2349671DA24462/NC
Jun 29, 2023SCIII · Driver-only1JOSEPH ARMAKOVITCH TRUCKING LLC 3432551DA24462/NC
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
GREG RANDAL JACOBS2349671Dec 7, 2023Jul 23, 20242NC
JOSEPH ARMAKOVITCH TRUCKING LLC3432551Jun 29, 2023Jun 29, 20231NC
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.
DA24462NCGREG RANDAL JACOBSDec 7, 2023Jul 23, 20242
DA24462NCJOSEPH ARMAKOVITCH TRUCKING LLCJun 29, 2023Jun 29, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 9, 2026