Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2019 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N1532C9K1531897 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
8 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 5
First seenSep 16, 2025
CA
Last seenMay 17, 2026
GA
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 8 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
13N1532C9K1531897
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
2019
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 28, 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
13N

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
1532C

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1989 or 2019

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

North American serial sequence
531897

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 TRAILER CO.

Prefix basis · 1,587 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 1,587 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
2019

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FONTAINE TRAILER CO.

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

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 · Sep 16, 2025 – May 17, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 17, 2026GAII · Walk-around6OOSKEMET TRANSPORT SERVICES LLC 24230123022272/ME
May 14, 2026ALII · Walk-around5KEMET TRANSPORT SERVICES LLC 24230123022272/ME
Apr 28, 2026GAIII · Driver-only3KEMET TRANSPORT SERVICES LLC 24230123022272/ME
Jan 9, 2026CAII · Walk-around5HILLSIDE LOGISTICS INC 41295953022272/ME
Sep 16, 2025CAIII · Driver-only3NEELKANTH TRANSPORT LLC 41393993022272/ME
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
KEMET TRANSPORT SERVICES LLC2423012Apr 28, 2026May 17, 20263GA
HILLSIDE LOGISTICS INC4129595Jan 9, 2026Jan 9, 20261MI
NEELKANTH TRANSPORT LLC4139399Sep 16, 2025Sep 16, 20251AL
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.
3022272MEKEMET TRANSPORT SERVICES LLCApr 28, 2026May 17, 20263
3022272MEHILLSIDE LOGISTICS INCJan 9, 2026Jan 9, 20261
3022272MENEELKANTH TRANSPORT LLCSep 16, 2025Sep 16, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 28, 2026