Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Great Dane Trailers

1GRAA0629GW701854 · Trailer · TRAILER
Everest (reefer)
Carriers run under4
19 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 4
First seenMay 9, 2024
CA
Last seenDec 24, 2025
CA
Inspected under 4 different carriers in 19 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
1GRAA0629GW701854
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
2016
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
1GR

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
AA062

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
701854

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
2016

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 · May 9, 2024 – Dec 24, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 24, 2025CAIII · Driver-only2SMART MOVER INC 4086052AT8073/OK
Dec 10, 2025NVIII · Driver-only1V K A CARGO INC 3720288AT8073/OK
Jan 17, 2025IAII · Walk-around11OOSD T S TRANSPORT INC 3062302AT8073/OK
May 9, 2024CAIII · Driver-only0AAA TRANS CORP 3666456AT8073/OK
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Carriers this unit has run under

4 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SMART MOVER INC4086052Dec 24, 2025Dec 24, 20251CA
V K A CARGO INC3720288Dec 10, 2025Dec 10, 20251CA
D T S TRANSPORT INC3062302Jan 17, 2025Jan 17, 20251CA
AAA TRANS CORP3666456May 9, 2024May 9, 20241CA
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.
AT8073OKSMART MOVER INCDec 24, 2025Dec 24, 20251
AT8073OKV K A CARGO INCDec 10, 2025Dec 10, 20251
AT8073OKD T S TRANSPORT INCJan 17, 2025Jan 17, 20251
AT8073OKAAA TRANS CORPMay 9, 2024May 9, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 5, 2026