Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Load King

5LKF05119J1030285 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
26 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 7
First seenOct 20, 2023
IL
Last seenDec 12, 2025
IL
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5LKF05119J1030285
Make
Load King
Model
Load King
Model year
2018
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 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
5LK

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
F0511

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

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
030285

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
LOAD KING

Prefix basis · 5 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Load King

Prefix basis · 5 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
LOAD KING

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Load King

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 · Oct 20, 2023 – Dec 12, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 12, 2025ILII · Walk-around0MGK EXPRESS CORP 29196892567921/ME
Jan 4, 2025OHIII · Driver-only2MGK EXPRESS CORP 29196892567921/ME
Dec 17, 2024KYII · Walk-around1MGK EXPRESS CORP 29196892567921/ME
Sep 16, 2024PAIII · Driver-only2MGK EXPRESS CORP 29196892567921/ME
Jan 18, 2024PAII · Walk-around3MGK EXPRESS CORP 29196892567921/ME
Nov 14, 2023GAIII · Driver-only2MGK EXPRESS CORP 29196892567921/ME
Oct 20, 2023ILIII · Driver-only0MGK EXPRESS CORP 29196892567921/ME
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MGK EXPRESS CORP2919689Oct 20, 2023Dec 12, 20257IL
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.
2567921MEMGK EXPRESS CORPOct 20, 2023Dec 12, 20257
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026