Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1986 Great Dane Trailers

1GRAP0629GT609420 · Trailer · TRAILER
Champion (dry van)
Carriers run under3
14 mo
Inspections9
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 9
First seenMar 21, 2025
US
Last seenMay 12, 2026
CA
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 14 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
1GRAP0629GT609420
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
1986
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 16, 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
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
609420

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
1986

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Mar 21, 2025 – May 12, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 12, 2026CAIII · Driver-only2D RAMIREZ TRANSPORT INC 14051784PV8157/CA
Apr 29, 2026CAI · Full1MASTER TRANSPORT INC 29557554PV8157/CA
Mar 25, 2026COIII · Driver-only7D RAMIREZ TRANSPORT INC 14051784PV8157/CO
Mar 2, 2026CAI · Full5D RAMIREZ TRANSPORT INC 14051784PV8157/CA
Feb 10, 2026CAII · Walk-around3RMZ TRANSPORT INC 27981274PV8157/CA
Jun 25, 2025CAII · Walk-around1RMZ TRANSPORT INC 27981274PV8157/CA
Jun 21, 2025USI · Full0RMZ TRANSPORT INC 27981274PV8157/CA
Apr 30, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0MASTER TRANSPORT INC 29557554PV8157/CA
Mar 21, 2025USI · Full0RMZ TRANSPORT INC 27981274PV8157/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
D RAMIREZ TRANSPORT INC1405178Mar 2, 2026May 12, 20263CA
MASTER TRANSPORT INC2955755Apr 30, 2025Apr 29, 20262CA
RMZ TRANSPORT INC2798127Mar 21, 2025Feb 10, 20264CA
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.
4PV8157CAD RAMIREZ TRANSPORT INCMar 2, 2026May 12, 20262
4PV8157CAMASTER TRANSPORT INCApr 30, 2025Apr 29, 20262
4PV8157COD RAMIREZ TRANSPORT INCMar 25, 2026Mar 25, 20261
4PV8157CARMZ TRANSPORT INCMar 21, 2025Feb 10, 20264
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026