Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2015 Top Hat Industries

4R7G03227FT148686 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
23 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 3
First seenSep 20, 2024
TX
Last seenAug 24, 2026
TX
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4R7G03227FT148686
Make
Top Hat Industries
Model
Top Hat Industries
Model year
2015
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 30, 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
4R7

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
G0322

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1985 or 2015

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

North American serial sequence
148686

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
2015

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
TOP HAT INDUSTRIES

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Top Hat Industries

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

  • 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 · Sep 20, 2024 – Aug 24, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 24, 2026TXI · Full1PALMETTO SERVICES LLC 1987676974358M/TX
Nov 6, 2025TXII · Walk-around2OOSPALMETTO SERVICES LLC 1987676974358M/TX
Sep 20, 2024TXII · Walk-around4PALMETTO SERVICES LLC 1987676482690K/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
PALMETTO SERVICES LLC1987676Sep 20, 2024Aug 24, 20263TX
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.
974358MTX2PALMETTO SERVICES LLCNov 6, 2025Aug 24, 20262
482690KTXPALMETTO SERVICES LLCSep 20, 2024Sep 20, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 30, 2026