Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Vanguard National Trailer Corporation (vntc)

5V8VC532XLT014642 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
19 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 6
First seenMar 14, 2024
GA
Last seenOct 29, 2025
SC
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 19 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.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5V8VC532XLT014642
Make
Vanguard National Trailer Corporation (vntc)
Model
VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC)
Model year
2020
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 25, 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
5V8

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
VC532

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

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
014642

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
VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC)

Prefix basis · 8,513 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC)

Prefix basis · 8,513 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
VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC)

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 · Mar 14, 2024 – Oct 29, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 29, 2025SCIII · Driver-only4OOSDANIEL FREIGHT INC 3104047254866D/ME
Jul 14, 2025FLIII · Driver-only4OOSDANIEL FREIGHT INC 3104047254866D/ME
May 21, 2025SCIII · Driver-only0DANIEL FREIGHT INC 3104047254866D/ME
Oct 17, 2024TNI · Full5OOSBULMAKS INC 2802558254866D/ME
Sep 14, 2024ARIII · Driver-only1BULMAKS INC 2802558254866D/ME
Mar 14, 2024GAII · Walk-around18OOSBULMAKS INC 2802558254866D/ME
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
DANIEL FREIGHT INC3104047May 21, 2025Oct 29, 20253SC
BULMAKS INC2802558Mar 14, 2024Oct 17, 20243IL
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.
254866DMEDANIEL FREIGHT INCMay 21, 2025Oct 29, 20253
254866DMEBULMAKS INCMar 14, 2024Oct 17, 20243
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 25, 2026