Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Trail King Industries

1TKS04827HM048873 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
19 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 6
First seenJun 5, 2024
US
Last seenJan 9, 2026
US
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1TKS04827HM048873
Make
Trail King Industries
Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES
Model year
2017
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 19, 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
S0482

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
048873

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 · 14 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

Prefix basis · 14 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
2017

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 5, 2024 – Jan 9, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 9, 2026USIII · Driver-only0FRIESSEN GIESBRECHT FRANZ 35866663CD965A/CI
Jan 6, 2026USIII · Driver-only0FRIESSEN GIESBRECHT FRANZ 35866663CD965A/CI
Dec 22, 2025USIII · Driver-only0FRIESSEN GIESBRECHT FRANZ 35866663CD965A/CI
Dec 4, 2024USIII · Driver-only0FRIESSEN GIESBRECHT FRANZ 35866663CD965A/CI
Nov 16, 2024USIII · Driver-only0FRIESSEN GIESBRECHT FRANZ 35866663CD965A/CI
Jun 5, 2024USII · Walk-around2OOSFRIESSEN GIESBRECHT FRANZ 35866663CD965A/CI
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
FRIESSEN GIESBRECHT FRANZ3586666Jun 5, 2024Jan 9, 20266CI
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.
3CD965ACIFRIESSEN GIESBRECHT FRANZJun 5, 2024Jan 9, 20266
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 19, 2026