Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

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

1DAF3D0994M016591 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
21 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 5
First seenAug 17, 2024
AK
Last seenMay 29, 2026
AK
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1DAF3D0994M016591
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
F3D09

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

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
016591

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
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

  • 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 · Aug 17, 2024 – May 29, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 29, 2026AKIII · Driver-only5OOSR&S RAILWORKS INC 16958825965SY/AK
May 29, 2026AKIII · Driver-only5OOSR&S RAILWORKS INC 16958825965SY/AK
Aug 10, 2025AKIII · Driver-only1R&S RAILWORKS INC 16958825965SY/AK
Jun 12, 2025AKIII · Driver-only2R&S RAILWORKS INC 16958825965SY/AK
Aug 17, 2024AKIII · Driver-only4R&S RAILWORKS INC 16958825965SY/AK
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
R&S RAILWORKS INC1695882Aug 17, 2024May 29, 20265AK
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.
5965SYAK2R&S RAILWORKS INCAug 17, 2024May 29, 20265
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 5, 2026