Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2004 Dakota Manufacturing Co. / Trail-Eze Dakota Manufacturing Co.

1DA72C78X4C016426 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
15 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 4
First seenApr 6, 2024
CA
Last seenJul 19, 2025
CA
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 15 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
1DA72C78X4C016426
Make
Dakota Manufacturing Co. / Trail-Eze
Model
Dakota Manufacturing Co.
Model year
2004
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 5, 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
1DA

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
72C78

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

Model year candidates
2004 or 2034

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

North American serial sequence
016426

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
DAKOTA MANUFACTURING CO. / TRAIL-EZE

Prefix basis · 5 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Dakota Manufacturing Co.

Prefix basis · 5 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
2004

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
DAKOTA MANUFACTURING CO. / TRAIL-EZE

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Dakota Manufacturing Co.

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 · Apr 6, 2024 – Jul 19, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 19, 2025CAI · Full6OOSCESAR RUVALCABA 26955684AS9143/CA
May 15, 2025CAII · Walk-around3OOSMON-DRAGON TRANSPORT CORPORATION 35857924AS9143/CA
Oct 16, 2024CAII · Walk-around1OOSCUSTOM TRANSPORT INCORPORATED 31683824AS9143/CA
Apr 6, 2024CAII · Walk-around5OOSCUSTOM TRANSPORT INCORPORATED 31683824AS9143/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CESAR RUVALCABA2695568Jul 19, 2025Jul 19, 20251CA
MON-DRAGON TRANSPORT CORPORATION3585792May 15, 2025May 15, 20251CA
CUSTOM TRANSPORT INCORPORATED3168382Apr 6, 2024Oct 16, 20242CA
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.
4AS9143CACESAR RUVALCABAJul 19, 2025Jul 19, 20251
4AS9143CAMON-DRAGON TRANSPORT CORPORATIONMay 15, 2025May 15, 20251
4AS9143CACUSTOM TRANSPORT INCORPORATEDApr 6, 2024Oct 16, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 5, 2026