Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1997 Great Dane Trailers

1GRDM9620VM052401 · Trailer · TRAILER
Freedom
Carriers run under3
19 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 6
First seenNov 9, 2024
US
Last seenJun 22, 2026
NM
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 19 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
1GRDM9620VM052401
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
1997
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 27, 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
DM962

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

Model year candidates
1997 or 2027

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

North American serial sequence
052401

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 · 3,507 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Great Dane Trailers

Prefix basis · 3,507 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Freedom

Sourced label · prefix basis 3,507 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
1997

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 · Nov 9, 2024 – Jun 22, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 22, 2026NMIII · Driver-only0CRUZ NICOLAS WALL ENNS 3839346A17233B/TX
May 18, 2026USI · Full3CRUZ NICOLAS WALL ENNS 3839346A17233B/TX
Apr 24, 2026USIII · Driver-only0WILHELM KRAHN BANMAN 3880285A17233B/TX
Apr 15, 2026USI · Full2WILHELM KRAHN BANMAN 3880285A17233B/TX
May 23, 2025USIII · Driver-only0WILHELM KRAHN BANMAN 3880285A90819A/TX
Nov 9, 2024USII · Walk-around2OOSRAMON ESPINO CASTRO 3132622A90819A/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CRUZ NICOLAS WALL ENNS3839346May 18, 2026Jun 22, 20262CI
WILHELM KRAHN BANMAN3880285May 23, 2025Apr 24, 20263CI
RAMON ESPINO CASTRO3132622Nov 9, 2024Nov 9, 20241CI
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.
A17233BTX2CRUZ NICOLAS WALL ENNSMay 18, 2026Jun 22, 20262
A17233BTXWILHELM KRAHN BANMANApr 15, 2026Apr 24, 20262
A90819ATXWILHELM KRAHN BANMANMay 23, 2025May 23, 20251
A90819ATXRAMON ESPINO CASTRONov 9, 2024Nov 9, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 27, 2026