Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2022 E-Pak Manufacturing

1E9E5GZ24NA505318 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
35 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 5
First seenAug 14, 2023
SC
Last seenJul 27, 2026
NC
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 35 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
1E9E5GZ24NA505318
Make
E-Pak Manufacturing
Model
E-PAK MANUFACTURING
Model year
2022
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 5, 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
1E9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
E5GZ2

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
1992 or 2022

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

North American serial sequence
505318

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
E-PAK MANUFACTURING

Prefix basis · 54 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
E-PAK MANUFACTURING

Prefix basis · 54 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
2022

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
E-PAK MANUFACTURING

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
E-PAK MANUFACTURING

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 · Aug 14, 2023 – Jul 27, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 27, 2026NCIII · Driver-only0METAL RECYCLING SERVICES LLC 938945AM20507/NC
Mar 6, 2026NCII · Walk-around1METAL RECYCLING SERVICES LLC 938945AM20507/NC
Mar 27, 2025SCIII · Driver-only5OOST & V TRANSPORT LLC 3875656AM20507/NC
Jan 29, 2024SCII · Walk-around5OOST & V TRANSPORT LLC 3875656AM20507/NC
Aug 14, 2023SCII · Walk-around5OOSMETAL RECYCLING SERVICES LLC 938945AM20507/NC
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
METAL RECYCLING SERVICES LLC938945Aug 14, 2023Jul 27, 20263NC
T & V TRANSPORT LLC3875656Jan 29, 2024Mar 27, 20252NC
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.
AM20507NC2METAL RECYCLING SERVICES LLCAug 14, 2023Jul 27, 20263
AM20507NCT & V TRANSPORT LLCJan 29, 2024Mar 27, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 5, 2026