Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Industrias Met Gri

3M7TE3223JU000027 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
10 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenAug 9, 2023
TX
Last seenJun 11, 2024
TX
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 10 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
3M7TE3223JU000027
Make
Industrias Met Gri
Model
Industrias Met Gri
Model year
2018
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 8, 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
3M7

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
TE322

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

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
000027

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
2018

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
INDUSTRIAS MET GRI

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Industrias Met Gri

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 · Aug 9, 2023 – Jun 11, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 11, 2024TXII · Walk-around6SHEPHERD ENERGY SERVICES LLC 3827862137B271/TX
Mar 5, 2024TXII · Walk-around8SHEPHERD ENERGY SERVICES LLC 3827862137B271/TX
Aug 9, 2023TXII · Walk-around7VOLANT XPRESS LLC 3529406137B271/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SHEPHERD ENERGY SERVICES LLC3827862Mar 5, 2024Jun 11, 20242TX
VOLANT XPRESS LLC3529406Aug 9, 2023Aug 9, 20231TX
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.
137B271TXSHEPHERD ENERGY SERVICES LLCMar 5, 2024Jun 11, 20242
137B271TXVOLANT XPRESS LLCAug 9, 2023Aug 9, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 8, 2026