Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Heil Trailer International

5HTAM4539H7L81977 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
37 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 10
First seenJul 19, 2023
NY
Last seenAug 10, 2026
NY
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5HTAM4539H7L81977
Make
Heil Trailer International
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2017
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 16, 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
5HT

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
AM453

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

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
L81977

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
HEIL TRAILER INTERNATIONAL

Prefix basis · 8 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Heil Trailer International

Prefix basis · 8 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
2017

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
HEIL TRAILER INTERNATIONAL

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Not established

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jul 19, 2023 – Aug 10, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 10, 2026NYII · Walk-around0SUNOCO RETAIL LLC 10328PT948L8/PA
Feb 6, 2026NYII · Walk-around0SUNOCO RETAIL LLC 10328PT948L8/PA
Oct 24, 2025NYII · Walk-around0SUNOCO RETAIL LLC 10328PT948L8/PA
Jul 3, 2025NYII · Walk-around0SUNOCO RETAIL LLC 10328PT948L8/PA
Jun 12, 2025NYII · Walk-around0SUNOCO RETAIL LLC 10328PT948L8/PA
Jun 5, 2025NYI · Full2SUNOCO RETAIL LLC 10328PT948L8/PA
Jan 13, 2025NYII · Walk-around0SUNOCO RETAIL LLC 10328PT94868/PA
Sep 5, 2024NYII · Walk-around0SUNOCO RETAIL LLC 10328PT948L8/PA
Jun 11, 2024NYI · Full0SUNOCO RETAIL LLC 10328PT948L8/PA
Jul 19, 2023NYII · Walk-around0SUNOCO RETAIL LLC 10328PT948L8/PA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SUNOCO RETAIL LLC10328Jul 19, 2023Aug 10, 202610PA
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.
PT948L8PA2SUNOCO RETAIL LLCJul 19, 2023Aug 10, 20269
PT94868PASUNOCO RETAIL LLCJan 13, 2025Jan 13, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026