Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Western Trailer Company

5DN114523LB000609 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
31 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 8
First seenJan 3, 2024
CA
Last seenAug 6, 2026
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 31 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
5DN114523LB000609
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2020
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 20, 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
5DN

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
11452

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
000609

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
WESTERN TRAILER COMPANY

Prefix basis · 103 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Western Trailer Company

Prefix basis · 103 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
2020

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
WESTERN TRAILER COMPANY

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Western Trailer Company

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 · Jan 3, 2024 – Aug 6, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 6, 2026CAI · Full0JEFFERY F WRIGHT 32511504SR8846/CA
Mar 4, 2026CAIII · Driver-only1OOSJEFFERY F WRIGHT 32511504SR8846/CA
Mar 2, 2026CAII · Walk-around4JEFFERY F WRIGHT 32511504SR8846/CA
Nov 6, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0JEFFERY F WRIGHT 32511504SR8846/CA
Aug 25, 2025CAI · Full1JEFFERY F WRIGHT 32511504SR8846/CA
Jan 13, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0JEFFERY F WRIGHT 32511504SR8846/CA
Apr 11, 2024CAI · Full0HARRY DENNIS JOHNSON 10834934SR8846/CA
Jan 3, 2024CAII · Walk-around0HARRY DENNIS JOHNSON 10834934SR8846/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
JEFFERY F WRIGHT3251150Jan 13, 2025Aug 6, 20266CA
HARRY DENNIS JOHNSON1083493Jan 3, 2024Apr 11, 20242CA
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.
4SR8846CA2JEFFERY F WRIGHTJan 13, 2025Aug 6, 20266
4SR8846CAHARRY DENNIS JOHNSONJan 3, 2024Apr 11, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 20, 2026