Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1996 Great Dane Trailers

1GRAA0027TS053702 · Trailer · TRAILER
Everest (reefer)
Carriers run under1
3 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 3
First seenDec 30, 2024
TN
Last seenMar 27, 2025
KY
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1GRAA0027TS053702
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
1996
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 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
1GR

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
AA002

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1996 or 2026

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

North American serial sequence
053702

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 · 108 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Great Dane Trailers

Prefix basis · 108 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Everest (reefer)

Sourced label · prefix basis 108 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
1996

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 · Dec 30, 2024 – Mar 27, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 27, 2025KYIII · Driver-only0MRC GLOBAL INC 911281C3F872/KY
Jan 24, 2025TNIII · Driver-only0MRC GLOBAL INC 911281C3F82/KY
Dec 30, 2024TNI · Full7OOSMRC GLOBAL INC 911281C3F872/AL
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MRC GLOBAL INC911281Dec 30, 2024Mar 27, 20253AL
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.
C3F872KYMRC GLOBAL INCMar 27, 2025Mar 27, 20251
C3F82KYMRC GLOBAL INCJan 24, 2025Jan 24, 20251
C3F872ALMRC GLOBAL INCDec 30, 2024Dec 30, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 19, 2026