Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2004 Western Trailer Company

5DN1748244B000257 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
22 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 5
First seenApr 22, 2024
CA
Last seenFeb 24, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5DN1748244B000257
Make
Western Trailer Company
Model
Western Trailer Company
Model year
2004
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 5, 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
17482

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
2004 or 2034

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

North American serial sequence
000257

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 · 48 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Western Trailer Company

Prefix basis · 48 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
2004

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 · Apr 22, 2024 – Feb 24, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 24, 2026CAI · Full1MACHADO CUSTOM HAYLOADING INC 8436564WN1953/CA
Dec 12, 2025CAII · Walk-around1MACHADO CUSTOM HAYLOADING INC 8436564WN1953/CA
May 29, 2025AZII · Walk-around9OOSMACHADO CUSTOM HAYLOADING INC 8436564WN1953/CA
Sep 10, 2024ORIII · Driver-only2MACHADO CUSTOM HAYLOADING INC 8436564FP4143/CA
Apr 22, 2024CAIII · Driver-only1MACHADO CUSTOM HAYLOADING INC 8436564FP4143/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MACHADO CUSTOM HAYLOADING INC843656Apr 22, 2024Feb 24, 20265CA
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
4WN1953CAMACHADO CUSTOM HAYLOADING INCMay 29, 2025Feb 24, 20263
4FP4143CAMACHADO CUSTOM HAYLOADING INCApr 22, 2024Sep 10, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 5, 2026