Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2009 Dakota Manufacturing Co. / Trail-Eze Dakota Manufacturing Co.

1DA72C8139C019743 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
16 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 4
First seenFeb 3, 2024
TX
Last seenJun 2, 2025
CA
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1DA72C8139C019743
Make
Dakota Manufacturing Co. / Trail-Eze
Model
Dakota Manufacturing Co.
Model year
2009
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
72C81

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
2009 or 2039

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

North American serial sequence
019743

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.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

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
2009

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

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Feb 3, 2024 – Jun 2, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 2, 2025CAII · Walk-around1OOSRCS TRANSPORTATION LLC 10394050MA4DJ/AZ
Sep 5, 2024AZII · Walk-around9OOSRCS TRANSPORTATION LLC 1039405OMA4DJ/AZ
May 25, 2024CAIII · Driver-only1RCS TRANSPORTATION LLC 1039405OMA4DJ/AZ
Feb 3, 2024TXII · Walk-around2OOSRCS TRANSPORTATION LLC 10394050MA4DJ/AZ
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
RCS TRANSPORTATION LLC1039405Feb 3, 2024Jun 2, 20254AZ
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.
0MA4DJAZRCS TRANSPORTATION LLCFeb 3, 2024Jun 2, 20252
OMA4DJAZRCS TRANSPORTATION LLCMay 25, 2024Sep 5, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 5, 2026