Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2005 Dakota Manufacturing Co. / Trail-Eze Dakota Manufacturing Co.

1DA72C7845C017167 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
16 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 7
First seenSep 11, 2023
CA
Last seenJan 28, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1DA72C7845C017167
Make
Dakota Manufacturing Co. / Trail-Eze
Model
Dakota Manufacturing Co.
Model year
2005
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 19, 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
72C78

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
2005 or 2035

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

North American serial sequence
017167

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 · 5 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Dakota Manufacturing Co.

Prefix basis · 5 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
2005

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 11, 2023 – Jan 28, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 28, 2025CAII · Walk-around2AMT EXPRESS LLC 33525604NB9862/CA
Jan 15, 2025CAIII · Driver-only1AMT EXPRESS LLC 33525604NB9862/CA
Jan 13, 2025CAII · Walk-around4OOSAMT EXPRESS LLC 33525604NB9862/CA
Aug 12, 2024CAII · Walk-around1AMT EXPRESS LLC 33525604NB9862/CA
Jul 30, 2024CAII · Walk-around2AMT EXPRESS LLC 33525604NB9862/CA
Sep 20, 2023CAIII · Driver-only3AMT EXPRESS LLC 33525604NB9862/CA
Sep 11, 2023CAIII · Driver-only2AMT EXPRESS LLC 33525604NB9862/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
AMT EXPRESS LLC3352560Sep 11, 2023Jan 28, 20257CA
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.
4NB9862CAAMT EXPRESS LLCSep 11, 2023Jan 28, 20257
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 19, 2026