Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2019 Wilmer's Welding

1W9BU2429KB271573 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
15 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 2
First seenJun 26, 2024
TN
Last seenSep 10, 2025
TN
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1W9BU2429KB271573
Make
Wilmer's Welding
Model
Wilmer's Welding
Model year
2019
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Sep 1, 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
1W9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
BU242

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1989 or 2019

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

North American serial sequence
271573

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.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

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
2019

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
WILMER'S WELDING

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Wilmer's Welding

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

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jun 26, 2024 – Sep 10, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 10, 2025TNI · Full1OOSSUMMERTOWN METALS LLC 1732507U946204/TN
Jun 26, 2024TNI · Full3OOSSUMMERTOWN METALS LLC 1732507U946294/TN
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SUMMERTOWN METALS LLC1732507Jun 26, 2024Sep 10, 20252TN
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.
U946204TNSUMMERTOWN METALS LLCSep 10, 2025Sep 10, 20251
U946294TNSUMMERTOWN METALS LLCJun 26, 2024Jun 26, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Sep 1, 2026