Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2014 Forest River Shipse Trailer

5NHTEM923ED000209 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under4
8 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 5
First seenAug 17, 2025
MT
Last seenApr 30, 2026
UT
Inspected under 4 different carriers in 8 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
5NHTEM923ED000209
Make
Forest River
Model
Shipse Trailer
Model year
2014
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 2, 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
5NH

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
TEM92

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1984 or 2014

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

North American serial sequence
000209

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
FOREST RIVER

Prefix basis · 94 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Shipse Trailer

Prefix basis · 94 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
2014

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
FOREST RIVER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Shipse Trailer

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 17, 2025 – Apr 30, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 30, 2026UTI · Full6VVS GROUP INC 42296815567026/ME
Apr 13, 2026ILII · Walk-around4OOSKDN TRANSPORT GROUP LLC 45181725567026/ME
Nov 14, 2025CAI · Full3OOSTHE TIME TRANS INC 35682015567026/ME
Sep 3, 2025WYI · Full8OOSBM 5 EXPRESS LLC 4252114A8542924/WA
Aug 17, 2025MTII · Walk-around3BM 5 EXPRESS LLC 4252114TEMP/MI
03

Carriers this unit has run under

4 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
VVS GROUP INC4229681Apr 30, 2026Apr 30, 20261OH
KDN TRANSPORT GROUP LLC4518172Apr 13, 2026Apr 13, 20261IL
THE TIME TRANS INC3568201Nov 14, 2025Nov 14, 20251IN
BM 5 EXPRESS LLC4252114Aug 17, 2025Sep 3, 20252IL
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.
5567026MEVVS GROUP INCApr 30, 2026Apr 30, 20261
5567026MEKDN TRANSPORT GROUP LLCApr 13, 2026Apr 13, 20261
5567026METHE TIME TRANS INCNov 14, 2025Nov 14, 20251
A8542924WABM 5 EXPRESS LLCSep 3, 2025Sep 3, 20251
TEMPMIBM 5 EXPRESS LLCAug 17, 2025Aug 17, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 2, 2026