Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2007 Dakota Manufacturing Co. / Trail-Eze Dakota Manufacturing Co.

1DA72C7317C018851 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
21 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 5
First seenOct 11, 2024
AK
Last seenJul 19, 2026
AK
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 21 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.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1DA72C7317C018851
Make
Dakota Manufacturing Co. / Trail-Eze
Model
Dakota Manufacturing Co.
Model year
2007
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 5, 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
1DA

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
72C73

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
2007 or 2037

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

North American serial sequence
018851

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
DAKOTA MANUFACTURING CO. / TRAIL-EZE

Prefix basis · 3 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Dakota Manufacturing Co.

Prefix basis · 3 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
2007

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
DAKOTA MANUFACTURING CO. / TRAIL-EZE

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Dakota Manufacturing Co.

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 11, 2024 – Jul 19, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 19, 2026AKI · Full2OOSGEOTEK ALASKA INC 16368393382WA/AK
Dec 21, 2025AKIII · Driver-only1GEOTEK ALASKA INC 16368393382WA/AK
Jul 29, 2025AKIII · Driver-only1GEOTEK ALASKA INC 16368393382WA/AK
Jan 6, 2025AKIII · Driver-only1GEOTEK ALASKA INC 16368393382WA/AK
Oct 11, 2024AKII · Walk-around0ALASKA PACIFIC TRANSPORT INC 2395589833SV/AK
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
GEOTEK ALASKA INC1636839Jan 6, 2025Jul 19, 20264AK
ALASKA PACIFIC TRANSPORT INC239558Oct 11, 2024Oct 11, 20241AK
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
3382WAAK2GEOTEK ALASKA INCJan 6, 2025Jul 19, 20264
9833SVAKALASKA PACIFIC TRANSPORT INCOct 11, 2024Oct 11, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 5, 2026