Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Western Trailer Company

5DN165343GB000885 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
22 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenDec 19, 2023
WA
Last seenOct 30, 2025
WA
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 22 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
5DN165343GB000885
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2016
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 21, 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
5DN

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
16534

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
000885

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
WESTERN TRAILER COMPANY

Prefix basis · 91 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Western Trailer Company

Prefix basis · 91 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
2016

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
WESTERN TRAILER COMPANY

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Western Trailer Company

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 · Dec 19, 2023 – Oct 30, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 30, 2025WAIII · Driver-only0JTL CARGO LLC 300743699039AK/WA
Aug 8, 2025ORIII · Driver-only1RBG CARRIERS LLC 416571299039AK/WA
Dec 19, 2023WAIII · Driver-only1BERT MATTER INC 2116147556ZE/WA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
JTL CARGO LLC3007436Oct 30, 2025Oct 30, 20251WA
RBG CARRIERS LLC4165712Aug 8, 2025Aug 8, 20251WA
BERT MATTER INC211614Dec 19, 2023Dec 19, 20231WA
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.
99039AKWAJTL CARGO LLCOct 30, 2025Oct 30, 20251
99039AKWARBG CARRIERS LLCAug 8, 2025Aug 8, 20251
7556ZEWA2BERT MATTER INCDec 19, 2023Dec 19, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 21, 2026