Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1988 Great Dane Trailers

1GRAP0623JJ112897 · Trailer · TRAILER
Champion (dry van)
Carriers run under2
34 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 8
First seenOct 25, 2023
NM
Last seenAug 3, 2026
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 34 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1GRAP0623JJ112897
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
1988
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 22, 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
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

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
112897

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
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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 25, 2023 – Aug 3, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 3, 2026CAII · Walk-around1OOSAMERILINK LLC 17904795583295/ME
Oct 7, 2025KSIII · Driver-only1AMERILINK LLC 17904795303904/ME
Jun 23, 2025NMII · Walk-around0FELHER TRANSPORTATION INC 27918935303904/ME
Apr 28, 2025NMII · Walk-around2OOSFELHER TRANSPORTATION INC 27918935303904/ME
May 28, 2024AZIII · Driver-only1FELHER TRANSPORTATION INC 27918935303904/ME
Mar 25, 2024TNII · Walk-around4OOSFELHER TRANSPORTATION INC 27918935119Z23/TX
Mar 14, 2024NMII · Walk-around0FELHER TRANSPORTATION INC 27918932922692/ME
Oct 25, 2023NMII · Walk-around0FELHER TRANSPORTATION INC 27918932922692/ME
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
AMERILINK LLC1790479Oct 7, 2025Aug 3, 20262TX
FELHER TRANSPORTATION INC2791893Oct 25, 2023Jun 23, 20256TX
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.
5583295ME2AMERILINK LLCAug 3, 2026Aug 3, 20261
5303904MEAMERILINK LLCOct 7, 2025Oct 7, 20251
5303904MEFELHER TRANSPORTATION INCMay 28, 2024Jun 23, 20253
5119Z23TXFELHER TRANSPORTATION INCMar 25, 2024Mar 25, 20241
2922692ME2FELHER TRANSPORTATION INCOct 25, 2023Mar 14, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 22, 2026