Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2007 Dakota Manufacturing Co. / Trail-Eze Dakota Manufacturing Co.

1DA73C9297P018543 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
11 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 3
First seenMay 1, 2024
ND
Last seenApr 21, 2025
WY
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 11 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.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1DA73C9297P018543
Make
Dakota Manufacturing Co. / Trail-Eze
Model
Dakota Manufacturing Co.
Model year
2007
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 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
1DA

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
73C92

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
2007 or 2037

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

North American serial sequence
018543

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
2007

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 · May 1, 2024 – Apr 21, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 21, 2025WYII · Walk-around7OOSJG SPECIALTY WELDING LLC 3110329171847/WY
Sep 1, 2024COIII · Driver-only1JG SPECIALTY TRUCKING LLC 407625017U1847/WY
May 1, 2024NDII · Walk-around4OOSJG SPECIALTY TRUCKING LLC 407625017U1847/WY
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
JG SPECIALTY WELDING LLC3110329Apr 21, 2025Apr 21, 20251WY
JG SPECIALTY TRUCKING LLC4076250May 1, 2024Sep 1, 20242WY
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.
171847WYJG SPECIALTY WELDING LLCApr 21, 2025Apr 21, 20251
17U1847WYJG SPECIALTY TRUCKING LLCMay 1, 2024Sep 1, 20242
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 19, 2026