Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Iowa Steel Fabrication Iowa Steel Fabrication, LLC.

1Z9M1AA22JA448266 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
30 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 3
First seenSep 14, 2023
ME
Last seenMar 19, 2026
ME
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1Z9M1AA22JA448266
Make
Iowa Steel Fabrication
Model
Iowa Steel Fabrication, LLC.
Model year
2018
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 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
1Z9

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
M1AA2

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
2 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 2.

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
448266

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
IOWA STEEL FABRICATION

Prefix basis · 90 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Iowa Steel Fabrication, LLC.

Prefix basis · 90 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
IOWA STEEL FABRICATION

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Iowa Steel Fabrication, LLC.

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 · Sep 14, 2023 – Mar 19, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 19, 2026MEI · Full0HO BOUCHARD INC 1502515583963/ME
Jun 10, 2025MEI · Full1OOSHO BOUCHARD INC 1502515451116/ME
Sep 14, 2023MEI · Full0HO BOUCHARD INC 1502512564871/ME
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HO BOUCHARD INC150251Sep 14, 2023Mar 19, 20263ME
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.
5583963MEHO BOUCHARD INCMar 19, 2026Mar 19, 20261
5451116MEHO BOUCHARD INCJun 10, 2025Jun 10, 20251
2564871MEHO BOUCHARD INCSep 14, 2023Sep 14, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 1, 2026