Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2021 Armor Lite Trailer

56EA53K27MA000578 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
16 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 5
First seenApr 25, 2025
TX
Last seenAug 26, 2026
TX
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 16 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
56EA53K27MA000578
Make
Armor Lite Trailer
Model
Armor Lite Trailer
Model year
2021
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 9, 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
56E

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
A53K2

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1991 or 2021

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

North American serial sequence
000578

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
ARMOR LITE TRAILER

Prefix basis · 628 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Armor Lite Trailer

Prefix basis · 628 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
2021

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
ARMOR LITE TRAILER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Armor Lite Trailer

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 · Apr 25, 2025 – Aug 26, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 26, 2026TXII · Walk-around1HC5 LLC 2507511201B208/TX
Aug 18, 2026TXII · Walk-around3HC5 LLC 2507511201B208/TX
Apr 28, 2026TXI · Full15OOSAULEX TRUCKING LLC 452269725N724N/TX
Mar 13, 2026TXII · Walk-around0AULEX TRUCKING LLC 452269792U636N/TX
Apr 25, 2025TXII · Walk-around2F-H ALLIANCE LLC 3307716168B781/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HC5 LLC2507511Aug 18, 2026Aug 26, 20262TX
AULEX TRUCKING LLC4522697Mar 13, 2026Apr 28, 20262TX
F-H ALLIANCE LLC3307716Apr 25, 2025Apr 25, 20251TX
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.
201B208TX2HC5 LLCAug 18, 2026Aug 26, 20262
25N724NTXAULEX TRUCKING LLCApr 28, 2026Apr 28, 20261
92U636NTXAULEX TRUCKING LLCMar 13, 2026Mar 13, 20261
168B781TXF-H ALLIANCE LLCApr 25, 2025Apr 25, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 9, 2026