M100 cfr

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Originally Posted by rob love

The ref to it having originally been 70200 is interesting. The serial number usually relates somewhat to the trailer's serial number. Not exactly, but somewhat. The serial number is 1206, and the CFR is 71200. Makes me think the CFR is correct.

I did run into more than a few trailers that seemed to have switched CFRs with other trailers over the years, and were recorded in the loomis data that way. Before the big sandblast project in the mid 80s, you could dig through the old paint and fing the different number, after they sandblasted and mixed up all the plates, we used the trailer arm. However, in the end the loomis data would prevail. Way too much work to reverse that. Some things were best left alone.

The EDR viewer reports the original serial number for 70200 is 0210 (with a letter O character for the first character).