Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1985 Great Dane Trailers

1GRAP0621FK243697 · Trailer · TRAILER
Champion (dry van)
Carriers run under3
33 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 7
First seenSep 15, 2023
AR
Last seenJun 23, 2026
US
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 33 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
1GRAP0621FK243697
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
1985
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 22, 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
AP062

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
1985 or 2015

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

North American serial sequence
243697

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 · 10,816 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Great Dane Trailers

Prefix basis · 10,816 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Champion (dry van)

Sourced label · prefix basis 10,816 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
1985

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 · Sep 15, 2023 – Jun 23, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 23, 2026USI · Full1MIGUEL ANGEL AMPARAN MONTANEZ 3696634C550543/ME
May 27, 2026USI · Full3MIGUEL ANGEL AMPARAN MONTANEZ 3696634C550543/ME
Apr 22, 2026USI · Full0MIGUEL ANGEL AMPARAN MONTANEZ 3696634C550543/ME
Apr 15, 2026TXI · Full2MIGUEL ANGEL AMPARAN MONTANEZ 3696634C550543/ME
Sep 25, 2024MTII · Walk-around0CRST EXPEDITED INC 53773PE43377/IN
Jan 29, 2024NMIII · Driver-only0CRST EXPEDITED INC 537732443468/ME
Sep 15, 2023ARIII · Driver-only4FREIGHT UNITED INC 24431602443468/ME
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Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MIGUEL ANGEL AMPARAN MONTANEZ3696634Apr 15, 2026Jun 23, 20264CI
CRST EXPEDITED INC53773Jan 29, 2024Sep 25, 20242IA
FREIGHT UNITED INC2443160Sep 15, 2023Sep 15, 20231IL
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.
C550543ME2MIGUEL ANGEL AMPARAN MONTANEZApr 15, 2026Jun 23, 20264
PE43377INCRST EXPEDITED INCSep 25, 2024Sep 25, 20241
2443468MECRST EXPEDITED INCJan 29, 2024Jan 29, 20241
2443468MEFREIGHT UNITED INCSep 15, 2023Sep 15, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 22, 2026