Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJGLDR5HSHZ6748 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
125Sleeper
Carriers run under3
25 mo
Inspections12
all-time
OOS inspections6
of 12
First seenOct 8, 2023
OK
Last seenNov 6, 2025
CA
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 25 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.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJGLDR5HSHZ6748
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2017
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 17, 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
3AK

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
JGLDR

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

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
HZ6748

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.

Make
FREIGHTLINER

Prefix basis · 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
125

Sourced label · prefix basis 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 16,819 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

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
FREIGHTLINER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Cascadia

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Truck-Tractor

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRUCK

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 8, 2023 – Nov 6, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 6, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only5NEWLIGHT LOGISTICS LLC 4228446ZP02978/CA
Jul 22, 2025ILII · Walk-around0NEWLIGHT LOGISTICS LLC 4228446ZP02978/CA
May 29, 2025INIII · Driver-only2OOSNEWLIGHT LOGISTICS LLC 4228446ZP02978/CA
Mar 21, 2025CAI · Full2OOSNEWLIGHT LOGISTICS LLC 4228446ZP02978/CA
Nov 11, 2024WIII · Walk-around3OOSNBL LOGISTICS INC 3806212ZP02978/CA
Sep 20, 2024ARIII · Driver-only0NEWLIGHT LOGISTICS LLC 4228446ZP02978/CA
Jun 11, 2024AZI · Full2OOSNEWLIGHT LOGISTICS LLC 4228446ZP02967/CA
Jun 11, 2024AZII · Walk-around2NEWLIGHT LOGISTICS LLC 4228446ZP02967/CA
Dec 4, 2023CAII · Walk-around1OOSSMOOTHNESS TRUCKING INC 3086545YP87137/CA
Oct 30, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only1SMOOTHNESS TRUCKING INC 3086545YP87137/CA
Oct 12, 2023NMII · Walk-around3SMOOTHNESS TRUCKING INC 3086545YP87137/CA
Oct 8, 2023OKIII · Driver-only1OOSSMOOTHNESS TRUCKING INC 3086545YP87137/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
NEWLIGHT LOGISTICS LLC4228446Jun 11, 2024Nov 6, 20257CA
NBL LOGISTICS INC3806212Nov 11, 2024Nov 11, 20241CA
SMOOTHNESS TRUCKING INC3086545Oct 8, 2023Dec 4, 20234CA
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.
ZP02978CANEWLIGHT LOGISTICS LLCSep 20, 2024Nov 6, 20255
ZP02978CANBL LOGISTICS INCNov 11, 2024Nov 11, 20241
ZP02967CANEWLIGHT LOGISTICS LLCJun 11, 2024Jun 11, 20242
YP87137CASMOOTHNESS TRUCKING INCOct 8, 2023Dec 4, 20234
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 17, 2026