Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2021 Freightliner Cascadia

3AKJHHDR5MSMT8776 · Truck-Tractor · TRUCK
126Sleeper
Carriers run under1
15 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 8
First seenMar 4, 2024
IA
Last seenJun 5, 2025
TN
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
3AKJHHDR5MSMT8776
Make
Freightliner
Model
Cascadia
Model year
2021
Body class
Truck-Tractor
Vehicle type
TRUCK
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jun 21, 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
JHHDR

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1991 or 2021

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

North American serial sequence
MT8776

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 · 146,134 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Cascadia

Prefix basis · 146,134 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
126

Sourced label · prefix basis 146,134 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Generation
126

Sourced label · prefix basis 146,134 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Cab type
Sleeper

Sourced label · prefix basis 146,134 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
2021

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Mar 4, 2024 – Jun 5, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 5, 2025TNIII · Driver-only0ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC 653145M5567HY/TN
Apr 22, 2025MOI · Full0ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC 653145M5567HY/TN
Apr 1, 2025NMIII · Driver-only0ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC 653145M5567HY/TN
Jan 21, 2025ALII · Walk-around1ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC 653145M5567HY/TN
Nov 26, 2024OHII · Walk-around2ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC 653145M5567HY/TN
Nov 23, 2024KYI · Full3OOSELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC 653145M5567HY/TN
Oct 29, 2024TNIII · Driver-only0ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC 653145M5567HY/TN
Mar 4, 2024IAII · Walk-around1ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC 653145M5567HY/TN
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLC653145Mar 4, 2024Jun 5, 20258TN
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
M5567HYTNELK RIDGE EXPRESS LLCMar 4, 2024Jun 5, 20258
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026