Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1988 Great Dane Trailers

1GRAA0629JK279034 · Trailer · TRAILER
Everest (reefer)
Carriers run under1
18 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 6
First seenSep 27, 2023
NM
Last seenMar 28, 2025
MI
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1GRAA0629JK279034
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
1988
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 24, 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
AA062

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
279034

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 · 24,927 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Great Dane Trailers

Prefix basis · 24,927 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Everest (reefer)

Sourced label · prefix basis 24,927 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
1988

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 27, 2023 – Mar 28, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 28, 2025MIII · Walk-around5BLACK & CHROME INC 2334923604420ST/IL
Nov 25, 2024KYI · Full8OOSBLACK & CHROME INC 2334923611459ST/IL
Sep 3, 2024MOIII · Driver-only0BLACK & CHROME INC 2334923611459ST/IL
Aug 22, 2024MEII · Walk-around1OOSBLACK & CHROME INC 2334923611459ST/IL
Jul 16, 2024GAII · Walk-around1BLACK & CHROME INC 2334923864AB871/IL
Sep 27, 2023NMII · Walk-around0BLACK & CHROME INC 2334923611459ST/ME
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BLACK & CHROME INC2334923Sep 27, 2023Mar 28, 20256IL
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.
604420STILBLACK & CHROME INCMar 28, 2025Mar 28, 20251
611459STILBLACK & CHROME INCAug 22, 2024Nov 25, 20243
864AB871ILBLACK & CHROME INCJul 16, 2024Jul 16, 20241
611459STMEBLACK & CHROME INCSep 27, 2023Sep 27, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 24, 2026