Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1989 Great Dane Trailers

1GRAP062XKT147071 · Trailer · TRAILER
Champion (dry van)
Carriers run under3
26 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 7
First seenAug 27, 2023
MO
Last seenOct 23, 2025
CA
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 26 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
1GRAP062XKT147071
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
1989
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 19, 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
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

Model year candidates
1989 or 2019

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

North American serial sequence
147071

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
1989

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 · Aug 27, 2023 – Oct 23, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 23, 2025CAII · Walk-around2SAMRA TRANS INC 1767264PD26160/IN
Sep 22, 2025ILIII · Driver-only0SAMRA TRANS INC 1767264PD26160/IN
Jan 19, 2025ILIII · Driver-only1HARMAN EXPRESS INC 4255755PD26160/IN
Dec 27, 2024CAIII · Driver-only4HARMAN EXPRESS INC 4255755PD26160/IN
Jan 26, 2024OHII · Walk-around2OOSN BROTHERS TRANSPORT INC 3862305PD26160/IN
Aug 29, 2023OHII · Walk-around0N BROTHERS TRANSPORT INC 3862305PD26160/IN
Aug 27, 2023MOIII · Driver-only2N BROTHERS TRANSPORT INC 3862305PD26160/IN
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Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SAMRA TRANS INC1767264Sep 22, 2025Oct 23, 20252IN
HARMAN EXPRESS INC4255755Dec 27, 2024Jan 19, 20252IN
N BROTHERS TRANSPORT INC3862305Aug 27, 2023Jan 26, 20243IN
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.
PD26160INSAMRA TRANS INCSep 22, 2025Oct 23, 20252
PD26160INHARMAN EXPRESS INCDec 27, 2024Jan 19, 20252
PD26160INN BROTHERS TRANSPORT INCAug 27, 2023Jan 26, 20243
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 19, 2026