Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Great Dane Trailers

1GR4M962XLH213181 · Trailer · TRAILER
Freedom
Carriers run under1
33 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 10
First seenAug 10, 2023
CA
Last seenMay 26, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1GR4M962XLH213181
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
2020
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 16, 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
1GR

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
4M962

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
213181

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
GREAT DANE TRAILERS

Prefix basis · 1,834 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Great Dane Trailers

Prefix basis · 1,834 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Freedom

Sourced label · prefix basis 1,834 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

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
2020

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
GREAT DANE TRAILERS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Great Dane Trailers

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

  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 10, 2023 – May 26, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 26, 2026CAI · Full0MERCHANTS METALS LLC 2834134VF3405/CA
Apr 14, 2026CAI · Full0MERCHANTS METALS LLC 2834134VF3405/CA
Apr 8, 2025CAII · Walk-around1MERCHANTS METALS LLC 2834134VF3405/CA
Jul 8, 2024CAII · Walk-around1MERCHANTS METALS LLC 2834134VF3405/CA
Jun 19, 2024CAII · Walk-around0MERCHANTS METALS LLC 2834134VF3405/CA
Feb 6, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0MERCHANTS METALS LLC 2834134VF3405/CA
Jan 9, 2024CAII · Walk-around0MERCHANTS METALS LLC 2834134VF3405/CA
Jan 8, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0MERCHANTS METALS LLC 2834134VF3405/CA
Aug 24, 2023CAI · Full0MERCHANTS METALS LLC 2834134WF3405/CA
Aug 10, 2023CAI · Full3MERCHANTS METALS LLC 2834134VF3405/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MERCHANTS METALS LLC283413Aug 10, 2023May 26, 202610GA
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.
4VF3405CAMERCHANTS METALS LLCAug 10, 2023May 26, 20269
4WF3405CAMERCHANTS METALS LLCAug 24, 2023Aug 24, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026