Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Take 3 Trailers Inc

1T9ES4820JB540185 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
7 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 6
First seenSep 11, 2023
OH
Last seenApr 29, 2024
OH
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 7 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
1T9ES4820JB540185
Make
Take 3 Trailers Inc
Model
Take 3 Trailers Inc
Model year
2018
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Sep 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
1T9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
ES482

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
540185

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
TAKE 3 TRAILERS INC

Prefix basis · 24 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Take 3 Trailers Inc

Prefix basis · 24 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
2018

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
TAKE 3 TRAILERS INC

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Take 3 Trailers Inc

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 11, 2023 – Apr 29, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 29, 2024OHIII · Driver-only0SMART GEO TRANS INC 4106473TRQ6422/OH
Apr 18, 2024VAI · Full5SMART GEO TRANS INC 4106473TRQ6422/OH
Mar 1, 2024OHIII · Driver-only0SMART GEO TRANS INC 4106473TRQ6422/OH
Feb 8, 2024MII · Full5OOSSMART GEO TRANS INC 4106473TRQ6422/OH
Sep 19, 2023PAI · Full0SWISH TRANSPORTATION LLC 3232249TRQ6422/OH
Sep 11, 2023OHII · Walk-around6OOSSWISH TRANSPORTATION LLC 3232249TRQ6422/OH
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SMART GEO TRANS INC4106473Feb 8, 2024Apr 29, 20244OH
SWISH TRANSPORTATION LLC3232249Sep 11, 2023Sep 19, 20232OH
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.
TRQ6422OHSMART GEO TRANS INCFeb 8, 2024Apr 29, 20244
TRQ6422OHSWISH TRANSPORTATION LLCSep 11, 2023Sep 19, 20232
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Sep 5, 2026