Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1997 Great Dane Trailers

1GRDM962XVM049103 · Trailer · TRAILER
Freedom
Carriers run under1
14 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 3
First seenMar 31, 2025
TX
Last seenMay 27, 2026
TX
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1GRDM962XVM049103
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
DM962

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

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
049103

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
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 · Mar 31, 2025 – May 27, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 27, 2026TXII · Walk-around5OOSAMESCO TRUCKING LLC 3073367260B051/TX
May 15, 2026TXII · Walk-around4OOSAMESCO TRUCKING LLC 3073367260B051/TX
Mar 31, 2025TXII · Walk-around19OOSAMESCO TRUCKING LLC 3073367075C326/TX
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
AMESCO TRUCKING LLC3073367Mar 31, 2025May 27, 20263TX
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.
260B051TXAMESCO TRUCKING LLCMay 15, 2026May 27, 20262
075C326TXAMESCO TRUCKING LLCMar 31, 2025Mar 31, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 20, 2026