Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1988 Great Dane Trailers

1GRAA0628JW123883 · Trailer · TRAILER
Everest (reefer)
Carriers run under2
18 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 6
First seenJan 23, 2025
NM
Last seenJul 6, 2026
TN
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 18 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
1GRAA0628JW123883
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
1988
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 1, 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
1GR

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
AA062

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
123883

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
GREAT DANE TRAILERS

Prefix basis · 24,927 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Great Dane Trailers

Prefix basis · 24,927 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Everest (reefer)

Sourced label · prefix basis 24,927 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

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
1988

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
GREAT DANE TRAILERS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Great Dane Trailers

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

  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jan 23, 2025 – Jul 6, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 6, 2026TNIII · Driver-only0J S CHAHAL TRUCKING INC 40529374WN6035/CA
Jun 26, 2026NVIII · Driver-only0J S CHAHAL TRUCKING INC 40529374WN6035/CA
May 13, 2026NMII · Walk-around1J S CHAHAL TRUCKING INC 40529374WN6035/CA
Mar 26, 2026ILIII · Driver-only1OOSJ S CHAHAL TRUCKING INC 40529374WN6035/CA
Feb 18, 2025AZII · Walk-around6DHILLON TRANS INC 20252284WN6035/CA
Jan 23, 2025NMII · Walk-around1DHILLON TRANS INC 20252284WN4035/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
J S CHAHAL TRUCKING INC4052937Mar 26, 2026Jul 6, 20264CA
DHILLON TRANS INC2025228Jan 23, 2025Feb 18, 20252CA
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.
4WN6035CA2J S CHAHAL TRUCKING INCMar 26, 2026Jul 6, 20264
4WN6035CADHILLON TRANS INCFeb 18, 2025Feb 18, 20251
4WN4035CADHILLON TRANS INCJan 23, 2025Jan 23, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 1, 2026