Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2015 Great Dane Trailers

1GRAP0621FJ649954 · Trailer · TRAILER
Champion (dry van)
Carriers run under1
4 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenJul 18, 2025
NM
Last seenNov 28, 2025
TX
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1GRAP0621FJ649954
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
2015
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
AP062

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
1985 or 2015

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

North American serial sequence
649954

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 · 10,816 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Great Dane Trailers

Prefix basis · 10,816 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Champion (dry van)

Sourced label · prefix basis 10,816 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
2015

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 · Jul 18, 2025 – Nov 28, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 28, 2025TXII · Walk-around0HOWL TRANSPORTATION LLC 12669532446964/ME
Aug 19, 2025NMII · Walk-around1HOWL TRANSPORTATION LLC 12669532446964/ME
Jul 18, 2025NMII · Walk-around0HOWL TRANSPORTATION LLC 1266953244696/ME
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HOWL TRANSPORTATION LLC1266953Jul 18, 2025Nov 28, 20253TX
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.
2446964MEHOWL TRANSPORTATION LLCAug 19, 2025Nov 28, 20252
244696MEHOWL TRANSPORTATION LLCJul 18, 2025Jul 18, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 20, 2026