Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2005 Great Dane Trailers

1GRDM96255M702713 · Trailer · TRAILER
Freedom
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 6
First seenAug 2, 2023
MS
Last seenAug 28, 2025
MS
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1GRDM96255M702713
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
2005
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 21, 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
DM962

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
2005 or 2035

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

North American serial sequence
702713

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 · 3,507 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Great Dane Trailers

Prefix basis · 3,507 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Freedom

Sourced label · prefix basis 3,507 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
2005

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 · Aug 2, 2023 – Aug 28, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 28, 2025MSIII · Driver-only2JAMES R SMITH TRUCKING CO INC 15491325C07M2/AL
Mar 5, 2025MSIII · Driver-only0JAMES R SMITH TRUCKING CO INC 15491325AA804/AL
May 30, 2024MSII · Walk-around0JAMES R SMITH TRUCKING CO INC 15491325AA804/AL
Aug 28, 2023MSII · Walk-around0JAMES R SMITH TRUCKING CO INC 15491325AA804/AL
Aug 6, 2023ALII · Walk-around0JAMES R SMITH TRUCKING CO INC 15491325AA804/AL
Aug 2, 2023MSII · Walk-around0JAMES R SMITH TRUCKING CO INC 15491325AA804/AL
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
JAMES R SMITH TRUCKING CO INC154913Aug 2, 2023Aug 28, 20256AL
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.
25C07M2ALJAMES R SMITH TRUCKING CO INCAug 28, 2025Aug 28, 20251
25AA804ALJAMES R SMITH TRUCKING CO INCAug 2, 2023Mar 5, 20255
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026