Just a fwiw for Peterbilt owners. Remove your public Vin digets!

$200,000 trucks should have hidden tracking devices right off the line.

 

Interstate: Follows Federal Regulation Part 390.21. In addition, all power units must also display the last 8 digits of the vehicles VIN # on the passenger side of the power unit. The VIN marking must be visible from 50 feet away in a contrasting color to the cab.


Thank the law makers.

 

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The vin may have been a Colorado requirement, from years past. Just company and usdot# required now.

The last 6 or 8 is also on a little plate on back of sleeper or cab. It's maybe half inch tall and painted to match. Now that got me thinking, why would they put this identifier here? I would think at least some liability lies with whoever cut the keys without requiring registration and proof you are the owner. They made me bring that paperwork in even when I had the key in hand and just wanted some copies made.

 

I stopped putting the VIN on the outside when it was no longer a requirement. And I went around the CO scales 98% of the time already. Lol.

My guess in states where it’s easy to make trucks disappear they probably have someone at a dealer on their payroll who will cut keys for them without any proof of ownership. In any given area there’s probably not that many people involved but they can move a lot of trucks if they have access to keys.

 

wow never knew that. Id never put my vin on side of my truck for all too see....very few have it now...

 

Wouldn't be the first stupid regulation I ignore, likely won't be the last either.

 

It’s not a regulation anymore, hasn’t been for a while.

 

It’s not enforced, I don’t have my VIN displayed anywhere on my tractor, I’ve gone through three level 1 inspections, in three different states in the last 8 months, and not one DOT officer questioned me about not displaying a VIN #