Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2005 Fontaine Specialized Inc

4LF34820753527431 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
15 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 6
First seenOct 4, 2023
CO
Last seenJan 13, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4LF34820753527431
Make
Fontaine Specialized Inc
Model
Fontaine Specialized Inc
Model year
2005
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 24, 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
4LF

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
34820

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
2005 or 2035

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

North American serial sequence
527431

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
FONTAINE SPECIALIZED INC

Prefix basis · 14 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Specialized Inc

Prefix basis · 14 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Not established

No sourced model-line label is established.

No source established for this field.

Generation
Not established

No sourced generation label is established.

No source established for this field.

Cab type
Not established

No sourced cab label is established.

No source established for this field.

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
2005

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FONTAINE SPECIALIZED INC

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Fontaine Specialized Inc

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Trailer

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

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 4, 2023 – Jan 13, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 13, 2025CAII · Walk-around0DSK TRANS LLC 37649235189321/ME
Jan 12, 2025CAII · Walk-around2OOSDSK TRANS LLC 37649235189321/ME
Nov 6, 2024SDIII · Driver-only0DSK TRANS LLC 37649235189321/ME
Aug 28, 2024WIII · Walk-around7DSK TRANS LLC 37649235189321/ME
Feb 1, 2024OHIII · Driver-only1DSK TRANS LLC 37649235189321/ME
Oct 4, 2023COII · Walk-around5OOSDSK TRANS LLC 37649235189321/ME
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
DSK TRANS LLC3764923Oct 4, 2023Jan 13, 20256IL
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.
5189321MEDSK TRANS LLCOct 4, 2023Jan 13, 20256
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 24, 2026