Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1998 Great Dane Trailers

1GRDM9627WM008204 · Trailer · TRAILER
Freedom
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections10
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 10
First seenNov 29, 2023
GA
Last seenJun 22, 2026
GA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1GRDM9627WM008204
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
1998
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
DM962

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1998 or 2028

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

North American serial sequence
008204

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
1998

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 29, 2023 – Jun 22, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 22, 2026GAII · Walk-around3JONES WELDING AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY INC 456148TL050T5/GA
May 14, 2026GAII · Walk-around2JONES WELDING AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY INC 456148TL050T5/GA
Sep 29, 2025GAII · Walk-around4OOSJONES WELDING AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY INC 456148TL050T5/GA
Jul 15, 2025GAII · Walk-around2OOSJONES WELDING AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY INC 456148TL050T5/GA
Jun 17, 2025GAII · Walk-around1JONES WELDING AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY INC 456148TL050T5/GA
May 23, 2025GAII · Walk-around3JONES WELDING AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY INC 456148TL050T5/GA
Sep 10, 2024GAIII · Driver-only1JONES WELDING AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY INC 456148TL050T5/GA
Aug 16, 2024GAII · Walk-around0JONES WELDING AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY INC 456148TL050T5/GA
May 29, 2024GAII · Walk-around2OOSJONES WELDING AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY INC 456148TL0505T5/GA
Nov 29, 2023GAII · Walk-around0JONES WELDING AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY INC 456148TL050T5/GA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
JONES WELDING AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY INC456148Nov 29, 2023Jun 22, 202610GA
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.
TL050T5GA2JONES WELDING AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY INCNov 29, 2023Jun 22, 20269
TL0505T5GAJONES WELDING AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY INCMay 29, 2024May 29, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026