Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Kaufman Trailers Of Nc

5VGFW5037LL004826 · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
11 mo
Inspections9
all-time
OOS inspections5
of 9
First seenSep 22, 2025
MS
Last seenAug 4, 2026
AL
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 11 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
5VGFW5037LL004826
Make
Kaufman Trailers Of Nc
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2020
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Sep 3, 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
FW503

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

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
004826

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
2020

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 · Sep 22, 2025 – Aug 4, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 4, 2026ALI · Full3OOSFORMEL SERVICES LLC 44282471042776ST/IL
Aug 4, 2026ALI · Full3OOSFORMEL SERVICES LLC 44282471042776ST/IL
Aug 4, 2026ALI · Full3OOSFORMEL SERVICES LLC 44282471042776ST/IL
Jul 27, 2026KSI · Full5OOSFORMEL SERVICES LLC 44282471042776ST/IL
Jul 27, 2026KSI · Full5OOSFORMEL SERVICES LLC 44282471042776ST/IL
Jan 21, 2026CAI · Full0SIKORA EXPRESS LLC 33062141042778ST/IL
Dec 17, 2025MOI · Full0MLS CAPITAL INC 36480441042776ST/IL
Nov 21, 2025ILII · Walk-around1MLS CAPITAL INC 36480441042778ST/IL
Sep 22, 2025MSI · Full2MLS CAPITAL INC 3648044746 324 ST/IL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
FORMEL SERVICES LLC4428247Jul 27, 2026Aug 4, 20265IL
SIKORA EXPRESS LLC3306214Jan 21, 2026Jan 21, 20261IL
MLS CAPITAL INC3648044Sep 22, 2025Dec 17, 20253IL
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.
1042776STIL2FORMEL SERVICES LLCJul 27, 2026Aug 4, 20265
1042778STILSIKORA EXPRESS LLCJan 21, 2026Jan 21, 20261
1042776STIL2MLS CAPITAL INCDec 17, 2025Dec 17, 20251
1042778STIL2MLS CAPITAL INCNov 21, 2025Nov 21, 20251
746 324 STIL2MLS CAPITAL INCSep 22, 2025Sep 22, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Sep 3, 2026