Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Kaufman Trailers Of Nc

5VGFE4438GL005884 · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
28 mo
Inspections9
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 9
First seenAug 26, 2023
NC
Last seenDec 30, 2025
GA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 28 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
5VGFE4438GL005884
Make
Kaufman Trailers Of Nc
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2016
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Sep 10, 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
5VG

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
FE443

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
005884

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.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

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
2016

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
KAUFMAN TRAILERS OF NC

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Not established

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

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 26, 2023 – Dec 30, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 30, 2025GAII · Walk-around4OOST'S ROUTE LLC 3717893TW93P30/GA
Apr 20, 2024NCI · Full1OOSBIG BOY HAULING NC LLC 3913636DB95357/NC
Apr 5, 2024NCI · Full1OOSBIG BOY HAULING NC LLC 3913636DB95357/NC
Feb 25, 2024NCI · Full0BIG BOY HAULING NC LLC 3913636DB95357/NC
Feb 21, 2024NCI · Full0BIG BOY HAULING NC LLC 3913636DB95357/NC
Feb 9, 2024NCI · Full1OOSBIG BOY HAULING NC LLC 3913636DB95357/NC
Dec 26, 2023NCI · Full1BIG BOY HAULING NC LLC 3913636DA40406/NC
Aug 29, 2023NCI · Full0BIG BOY HAULING NC LLC 3913636DA40406/NC
Aug 26, 2023NCI · Full1BIG BOY HAULING NC LLC 3913636DA40406/NC
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
T'S ROUTE LLC3717893Dec 30, 2025Dec 30, 20251GA
BIG BOY HAULING NC LLC3913636Aug 26, 2023Apr 20, 20248NC
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.
TW93P30GAT'S ROUTE LLCDec 30, 2025Dec 30, 20251
DB95357NCBIG BOY HAULING NC LLCFeb 9, 2024Apr 20, 20245
DA40406NCBIG BOY HAULING NC LLCAug 26, 2023Dec 26, 20233
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Sep 10, 2026