Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2008 Great Dane Trailers

1GRDM96278H709076 · Trailer · TRAILER
Freedom
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 3
First seenSep 15, 2023
CA
Last seenSep 10, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1GRDM96278H709076
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
2008
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 20, 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
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
2008 or 2038

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

North American serial sequence
709076

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
2008

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 · Sep 15, 2023 – Sep 10, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 10, 2025CAII · Walk-around1OOSPOLO EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION INC 15325574PS5879/CA
Nov 15, 2024CAII · Walk-around0POLO EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION INC 15325574PS5879/CA
Sep 15, 2023CAI · Full5OOSPOLO EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION INC 15325574PS5879/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
POLO EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION INC1532557Sep 15, 2023Sep 10, 20253CA
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.
4PS5879CAPOLO EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION INCSep 15, 2023Sep 10, 20253
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 20, 2026