Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2025 Dakota Manufacturing Co. / Trail-Eze Slide Axle

1DASFC024SP024466 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
4 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenOct 1, 2024
NC
Last seenFeb 14, 2025
NC
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 4 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
1DASFC024SP024466
Make
Dakota Manufacturing Co. / Trail-Eze
Model
Slide Axle
Model year
2025
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
SFC02

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
1995 or 2025

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

North American serial sequence
024466

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 · 27 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Slide Axle

Prefix basis · 27 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
2025

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
Slide Axle

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 · Oct 1, 2024 – Feb 14, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 14, 2025NCIII · Driver-only0WATKINS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC 4031719DD12773/NC
Nov 14, 2024NCIII · Driver-only2WATKINS HEAVY HAULING LLC 2512164
Nov 14, 2024NCIII · Driver-only2WATKINS HEAVY HAULING LLC 2512164
Oct 1, 2024NCII · Walk-around1WATKINS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC 4031719NONE/NC
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
WATKINS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC4031719Oct 1, 2024Feb 14, 20252NC
WATKINS HEAVY HAULING LLC2512164Nov 14, 2024Nov 14, 20242NC
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.
DD12773NCWATKINS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLCFeb 14, 2025Feb 14, 20251
OTWATKINS HEAVY HAULING LLCNov 14, 2024Nov 14, 20242
NONENCWATKINS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLCOct 1, 2024Oct 1, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 5, 2026