Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Mac Trailer Manufacturing

5MATA4228JA044140 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
34 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenSep 7, 2023
KS
Last seenJul 29, 2026
AR
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
5MATA4228JA044140
Make
Mac Trailer Manufacturing
Model
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING
Model year
2018
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Sep 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
5MA

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
TA422

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

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
044140

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
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING

Prefix basis · 223 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING

Prefix basis · 223 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
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
MAC TRAILER MANUFACTURING

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 · Sep 7, 2023 – Jul 29, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 29, 2026ARIII · Driver-only0SAM PINK EXPRESS LLC 31441311040384ST/IL
Aug 28, 2024ARI · Full0SAM PINK EXPRESS LLC 3144131931786ST/IL
Apr 16, 2024OKIII · Driver-only1SAM PINK EXPRESS LLC 3144131931786ST/IL
Apr 2, 2024MOIII · Driver-only0SAM PINK EXPRESS LLC 3144131931786ST/IL
Sep 7, 2023KSIII · Driver-only0SAM PINK EXPRESS LLC 3144131931786ST/IL
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SAM PINK EXPRESS LLC3144131Sep 7, 2023Jul 29, 20265IL
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.
1040384STIL2SAM PINK EXPRESS LLCJul 29, 2026Jul 29, 20261
931786STILSAM PINK EXPRESS LLCSep 7, 2023Aug 28, 20244
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Sep 9, 2026