Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2003 Trail King Industries

1TKLC448X3W037322 · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
0 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 2
First seenOct 16, 2025
MI
Last seenOct 16, 2025
MI
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 0 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
1TKLC448X3W037322
Make
Trail King Industries
Model
Not decoded
Model year
2003
Body class
Not decoded
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 30, 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
1TK

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
LC448

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

Model year candidates
2003 or 2033

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

North American serial sequence
037322

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.

Temporarily unavailable

The platform resolver did not return a reliable response

Deterministic validation above is complete. Platform fields are withheld because an outage is not evidence that the VIN has no known platform.

VIN-level rule claims

Rules published for individual VIN positions beyond the prefix — applied with the WMI, prefix, and model-year guards each rule was validated under. Model-year-scoped rules stay suppressed here because position 10 alone cannot establish the year.

Temporarily unavailable

The VIN-level rule resolver did not return a reliable response

Deterministic validation and the prefix-level results above are unaffected. An outage here is not evidence that no VIN-level rule applies.

Not established

  • platform resolution (temporarily unavailable)

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 16, 2025 – Oct 16, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 16, 2025MIII · Walk-around0GRAND RIVER TRUCKING COMPANY INC 1304846D198710/MI
Oct 16, 2025MIIII · Driver-only1RONALD NICKENS 2634366EYS7394/MI
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
GRAND RIVER TRUCKING COMPANY INC1304846Oct 16, 2025Oct 16, 20251MI
RONALD NICKENS2634366Oct 16, 2025Oct 16, 20251MI
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 30, 2026