Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Great Dane Trailers

1GRAA0629HW704156 · Trailer · TRAILER
Everest (reefer)
Carriers run under3
15 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 4
First seenJan 22, 2025
CO
Last seenApr 12, 2026
NE
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 15 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
1GRAA0629HW704156
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
2017
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
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
704156

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
2017

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 22, 2025 – Apr 12, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 12, 2026NEIII · Driver-only4FOURWAY CARRIER INC 34548574WB7795/CA
Dec 2, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0FOURWAY CARRIER INC 34548574WB7795/CA
Nov 12, 2025ILII · Walk-around0FREIGHT EAGLE INC 42064014WB7795/CA
Jan 22, 2025COIII · Driver-only13OOSDAY NIGHT CARGO INC 36863244WB7795/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
FOURWAY CARRIER INC3454857Dec 2, 2025Apr 12, 20262CA
FREIGHT EAGLE INC4206401Nov 12, 2025Nov 12, 20251CA
DAY NIGHT CARGO INC3686324Jan 22, 2025Jan 22, 20251CA
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.
4WB7795CAFOURWAY CARRIER INCDec 2, 2025Apr 12, 20262
4WB7795CAFREIGHT EAGLE INCNov 12, 2025Nov 12, 20251
4WB7795CADAY NIGHT CARGO INCJan 22, 2025Jan 22, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 5, 2026