Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1988 Great Dane Trailers

1GRAP0628JJ116573 · Trailer · TRAILER
Champion (dry van)
Carriers run under1
32 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 8
First seenJul 11, 2023
TN
Last seenMar 7, 2026
NM
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1GRAP0628JJ116573
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
1988
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 17, 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
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
116573

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
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 · Jul 11, 2023 – Mar 7, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 7, 2026NMII · Walk-around3OOSBG XPRESS LLC 1317472S3D782/KY
Aug 29, 2025NMII · Walk-around0BG XPRESS LLC 1317472S3D782/KY
Jun 13, 2025NMII · Walk-around0BG XPRESS LLC 1317472UNIT53154/KY
May 13, 2025TNIII · Driver-only0BG XPRESS LLC 131747275671T/KY
Apr 4, 2024TXII · Walk-around0BG XPRESS LLC 131747275671T/KY
Mar 14, 2024TNIII · Driver-only0BG XPRESS LLC 131747275671T/KY
Sep 7, 2023OHII · Walk-around1BG XPRESS LLC 131747275671T/KY
Jul 11, 2023TNI · Full0BG XPRESS LLC 131747275671T/KY
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BG XPRESS LLC1317472Jul 11, 2023Mar 7, 20268KY
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.
S3D782KYBG XPRESS LLCAug 29, 2025Mar 7, 20262
UNIT53154KYBG XPRESS LLCJun 13, 2025Jun 13, 20251
75671TKYBG XPRESS LLCJul 11, 2023May 13, 20255
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 17, 2026