Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Fontaine Trailer Co.

13N2532C4L1543140 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
17 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 8
First seenMar 18, 2025
WY
Last seenAug 17, 2026
NY
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 17 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
13N2532C4L1543140
Make
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.
Model year
2020
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 21, 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
2532C

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

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
543140

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 · 1,607 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Fontaine Trailer Co.

Prefix basis · 1,607 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
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 · Mar 18, 2025 – Aug 17, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 17, 2026NYIII · Driver-only1GT EXPRESS INC 2472326708958ST/IL
Aug 17, 2026NYIII · Driver-only1GT EXPRESS INC 2472326708958ST/IL
May 26, 2026OHIII · Driver-only0GT EXPRESS INC 2472326708958ST/IL
May 7, 2026MIII · Walk-around4OOSGT EXPRESS INC 2472326708958ST/IL
Jan 23, 2026LAIII · Driver-only2CARGO NOW INC 3631086708958ST/IL
Oct 7, 2025CAII · Walk-around0JSS LOGISTICS LLC 2562651708958ST/IL
Jul 16, 2025FLIII · Driver-only3JSS LOGISTICS LLC 2562651708958ST/IL
Mar 18, 2025WYIII · Driver-only2JSS LOGISTICS LLC 2562651708958ST/IL
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Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
GT EXPRESS INC2472326May 7, 2026Aug 17, 20264IL
CARGO NOW INC3631086Jan 23, 2026Jan 23, 20261IL
JSS LOGISTICS LLC2562651Mar 18, 2025Oct 7, 20253IL
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.
708958STIL2GT EXPRESS INCMay 7, 2026Aug 17, 20264
708958STILCARGO NOW INCJan 23, 2026Jan 23, 20261
708958STILJSS LOGISTICS LLCMar 18, 2025Oct 7, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026