Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2019 Trail King Industries

1TKR01219KM098288 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections16
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 16
First seenJun 21, 2023
AZ
Last seenJan 30, 2026
AZ
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1TKR01219KM098288
Make
Trail King Industries
Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES
Model year
2019
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 14, 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
R0121

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1989 or 2019

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

North American serial sequence
098288

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
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

Prefix basis · 4 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

Prefix basis · 4 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Not established

No sourced model-line label is established.

No source established for this field.

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
2019

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

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

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jun 21, 2023 – Jan 30, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 30, 2026AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406431073F/AZ
Jan 29, 2026AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406431073F/AZ
Jan 13, 2026AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406431073F/AZ
Dec 19, 2025AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406431073F/AZ
Dec 18, 2025AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406431073F/AZ
Nov 4, 2025AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406431073F/AZ
Oct 30, 2025AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406431073F/AZ
Sep 5, 2025AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406431073F/AZ
Nov 25, 2024AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406431073F/AZ
Sep 27, 2024AZII · Walk-around1EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406431073F/AZ
Sep 23, 2024AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406431073F/AZ
Aug 1, 2024AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406431073F/AZ
Jul 18, 2024AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406431073F/AZ
Nov 7, 2023AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406431073F/AZ
Aug 29, 2023AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406431073F/AZ
Jun 21, 2023AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406431073F/AZ
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC44064Jun 21, 2023Jan 30, 202616AZ
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
31073FAZEMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLCJun 21, 2023Jan 30, 202616
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 14, 2026