Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1997 Great Dane Trailers

1GRAA6425VB121902 · Trailer · TRAILER
Everest (reefer)
Carriers run under1
25 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenOct 18, 2023
CA
Last seenNov 21, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1GRAA6425VB121902
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
1997
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 20, 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
AA642

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1997 or 2027

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

North American serial sequence
121902

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 · 35 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Great Dane Trailers

Prefix basis · 35 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Everest (reefer)

Sourced label · prefix basis 35 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
1997

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 · Oct 18, 2023 – Nov 21, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 21, 2025CAIII · Driver-only2NEWPORT FARMS INC 26655694CD3538/CA
Jul 31, 2024CAI · Full1NEWPORT FARMS INC 26655694CD3538/CA
Oct 18, 2023CAII · Walk-around3NEWPORT FARMS INC 26655694CD3538/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
NEWPORT FARMS INC2665569Oct 18, 2023Nov 21, 20253CA
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.
4CD3538CANEWPORT FARMS INCOct 18, 2023Nov 21, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 20, 2026