Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2021 Dakota Manufacturing Co. / Trail-Eze Hydraulic Trail

1DAHFC725MC023174 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
29 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 2
First seenSep 19, 2023
ME
Last seenFeb 27, 2026
ME
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1DAHFC725MC023174
Make
Dakota Manufacturing Co. / Trail-Eze
Model
Hydraulic Trail
Model year
2021
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 12, 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
HFC72

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1991 or 2021

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

North American serial sequence
023174

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 · 64 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Hydraulic Trail

Prefix basis · 64 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
2021

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
Hydraulic Trail

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 19, 2023 – Feb 27, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 27, 2026MEIII · Driver-only1W D MATTHEWS MACHINERY CO 944465639422/ME
Sep 19, 2023MEII · Walk-around0W D MATTHEWS MACHINERY CO 944462638800/ME
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
W D MATTHEWS MACHINERY CO94446Sep 19, 2023Feb 27, 20262ME
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.
5639422MEW D MATTHEWS MACHINERY COFeb 27, 2026Feb 27, 20261
2638800MEW D MATTHEWS MACHINERY COSep 19, 2023Sep 19, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 12, 2026