Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2025 Big Tex

16V3F482XS6405246 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
14 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 7
First seenJun 13, 2025
TX
Last seenAug 28, 2026
TN
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
16V3F482XS6405246
Make
Big Tex
Model
Big Tex
Model year
2025
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
16V

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
3F482

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

Model year candidates
1995 or 2025

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

North American serial sequence
405246

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
BIG TEX

Prefix basis · 2,099 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Big Tex

Prefix basis · 2,099 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
2025

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
BIG TEX

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Big Tex

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 · Jun 13, 2025 – Aug 28, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 28, 2026TNI · Full0LIGHTNING LOGISTICS LLC 1895894280B386/TX
Jul 4, 2026TXII · Walk-around0LIGHTNING LOGISTICS LLC 1895894280B386/TX
Jan 26, 2026NMI · Full0LIGHTNING LOGISTICS LLC 1895894169020N/TX
Dec 17, 2025TXI · Full2OOSLIGHTNING LOGISTICS LLC 1895894169020N/TX
Dec 6, 2025TXI · Full0LIGHTNING LOGISTICS LLC 1895894169020N/TX
Aug 5, 2025TXII · Walk-around3OOSLIGHTNING LOGISTICS LLC 1895894783X44/TX
Jun 13, 2025TXII · Walk-around2LIGHTNING LOGISTICS LLC 18958947834X44/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
LIGHTNING LOGISTICS LLC1895894Jun 13, 2025Aug 28, 20267TX
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.
280B386TX2LIGHTNING LOGISTICS LLCJul 4, 2026Aug 28, 20262
169020NTXLIGHTNING LOGISTICS LLCDec 6, 2025Jan 26, 20263
783X44TXLIGHTNING LOGISTICS LLCAug 5, 2025Aug 5, 20251
7834X44TXLIGHTNING LOGISTICS LLCJun 13, 2025Jun 13, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 28, 2026