Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1988 Great Dane Trailers

1GRAP0628JK287382 · Trailer · TRAILER
Champion (dry van)
Carriers run under2
30 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections6
of 8
First seenOct 10, 2023
NY
Last seenApr 15, 2026
WV
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 30 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
1GRAP0628JK287382
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
287382

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 · Oct 10, 2023 – Apr 15, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 15, 2026WVII · Walk-around1OOSUNITED GLOBAL CARRIER INC 2779568639869ST/IL
Nov 25, 2025TXII · Walk-around2OOSUNITED GLOBAL CARRIER INC 2779568639869ST/IL
Nov 16, 2025MDII · Walk-around2OOSUNITED GLOBAL CARRIER INC 2779568639869ST/IL
Oct 7, 2025MSII · Walk-around3UNITED GLOBAL CARRIER INC 2779568639869/IL
Oct 21, 2024OKIII · Driver-only1UNITED GLOBAL CARRIER INC 2779568639869ST/IL
Mar 29, 2024NMII · Walk-around1OOSUNITED GLOBAL CARRIER INC 2779568639869ST/IL
Oct 13, 2023SDIII · Driver-only1OOSGLOBAL STAR EXPRESS INC 2884109639869ST/IL
Oct 10, 2023NYII · Walk-around4OOSGLOBAL STAR EXPRESS INC 2884109639869ST/IL
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
UNITED GLOBAL CARRIER INC2779568Mar 29, 2024Apr 15, 20266IL
GLOBAL STAR EXPRESS INC2884109Oct 10, 2023Oct 13, 20232IL
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.
639869STILUNITED GLOBAL CARRIER INCMar 29, 2024Apr 15, 20265
639869ILUNITED GLOBAL CARRIER INCOct 7, 2025Oct 7, 20251
639869STILGLOBAL STAR EXPRESS INCOct 10, 2023Oct 13, 20232
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 17, 2026