Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Big Tex

16VGX2523L6045178 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
5 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 2
First seenAug 27, 2024
IA
Last seenJan 24, 2025
IL
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
16VGX2523L6045178
Make
Big Tex
Model
Big Tex
Model year
2020
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 11, 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
GX252

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

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
045178

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 · 113 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Big Tex

Prefix basis · 113 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
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 · Aug 27, 2024 – Jan 24, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 24, 2025ILIII · Driver-only2RANGELINE TAPPING SERVICES INC 1370913NDST62/FL
Aug 27, 2024IAI · Full3OOSRANGELINE TAPPING SERVICES INC 1370913NDST62/FL
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RANGELINE TAPPING SERVICES INC1370913Aug 27, 2024Jan 24, 20252FL
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.
NDST62FLRANGELINE TAPPING SERVICES INCAug 27, 2024Jan 24, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 11, 2026