Equipment unit · NHTSA vPIC identity

2018 Great Dane Trailers

1GRDM962XJH124840 · TRAILER
Freedom
Carriers run under2
22 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 5
First seenOct 24, 2023
MO
Last seenAug 7, 2025
CO
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 22 months
These observations show where this VIN appeared, not who owned the vehicle. Sales, leases or owner-operator moves may explain carrier changes. A shared VIN alone is not a fraud finding. Compare dates and sources in the timeline below.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1GRDM962XJH124840
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2018
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Oct 7, 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
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

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
124840

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.

Not established

  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 24, 2023 – Aug 7, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 7, 2025COI · Full10OOSAA TOPNOTCH SERVICES LLC 4284074DAZY51/CO
Apr 14, 2025NMII · Walk-around4OOSAA TOPNOTCH SERVICES LLC 4284074DAZY51/CO
Dec 16, 2024COIII · Driver-only0—AA TOPNOTCH SERVICES LLC 4284074DAZY51/CO
May 30, 2024INIII · Driver-only1—MERCER TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC 154712PA99083/IN
Oct 24, 2023MOII · Walk-around2—MERCER TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC 154712PA99083/IL
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
AA TOPNOTCH SERVICES LLC4284074Dec 16, 2024Aug 7, 20253CO
MERCER TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INC154712Oct 24, 2023May 30, 20242KY
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.
DAZY51CO—AA TOPNOTCH SERVICES LLCDec 16, 2024 → Aug 7, 20253
PA99083IN—MERCER TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INCMay 30, 2024 → May 30, 20241
PA99083IL—MERCER TRANSPORTATION COMPANY INCOct 24, 2023 → Oct 24, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Oct 7, 2026