Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Manac Trailers Usa Manac

5MC125313L3197071 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
29 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 7
First seenAug 16, 2023
AR
Last seenJan 16, 2026
IL
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 29 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
5MC125313L3197071
Make
Manac Trailers Usa
Model
Manac
Model year
2020
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
5MC

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
12531

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
197071

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
MANAC TRAILERS USA

Prefix basis · 330 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Manac

Prefix basis · 330 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
2020

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
MANAC TRAILERS USA

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Manac

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 · Aug 16, 2023 – Jan 16, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 16, 2026ILIII · Driver-only0TBS EXPRESS INC 3671108972141ST/IL
Jun 19, 2025TNII · Walk-around1TBS EXPRESS INC 3671108972141ST/IL
Apr 27, 2025INIII · Driver-only1TBS EXPRESS INC 3671108972141ST/IL
Jan 23, 2025CAIII · Driver-only2TBS EXPRESS INC 3671108972141ST/IL
Jul 24, 2024TNII · Walk-around1STELLAR CARGO INC 3273277972141ST/IL
Sep 21, 2023COI · Full4OOSSDS EXPRESS INC 2200633781892/WI
Aug 16, 2023ARII · Walk-around1OOSSDS EXPRESS INC 2200633781892/WI
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TBS EXPRESS INC3671108Jan 23, 2025Jan 16, 20264IL
STELLAR CARGO INC3273277Jul 24, 2024Jul 24, 20241IL
SDS EXPRESS INC2200633Aug 16, 2023Sep 21, 20232WI
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.
972141STILTBS EXPRESS INCJan 23, 2025Jan 16, 20264
972141STILSTELLAR CARGO INCJul 24, 2024Jul 24, 20241
781892WISDS EXPRESS INCAug 16, 2023Sep 21, 20232
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026