Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2004 Trail King Industries

1TKA048274M036373 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
35 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections3
of 7
First seenJul 26, 2023
CA
Last seenJun 12, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1TKA048274M036373
Make
Trail King Industries
Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES
Model year
2004
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 18, 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
1TK

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
A0482

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
2004 or 2034

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

North American serial sequence
036373

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
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

Prefix basis · 209 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

Prefix basis · 209 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Not established

No sourced model-line label is established.

No source established for this field.

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
2004

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

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

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jul 26, 2023 – Jun 12, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 12, 2026CAIII · Driver-only0CONTRACTORS EQUIPMENT RENTALS INC 26986704VJ8721/CA
Apr 15, 2026CAII · Walk-around1OOSCONTRACTORS EQUIPMENT RENTALS INC 26986704VJ8721/CA
Dec 9, 2025CAII · Walk-around0CONTRACTORS EQUIPMENT RENTALS INC 26986704VJ8721/CA
Oct 14, 2025CAII · Walk-around2OOSCONTRACTORS EQUIPMENT RENTALS INC 26986704VJ8721/CA
Feb 5, 2024CAII · Walk-around1OOSCONTRACTORS EQUIPMENT RENTALS INC 26986704VJ8721/CA
Dec 20, 2023CAII · Walk-around0CONTRACTORS EQUIPMENT RENTALS INC 26986704VJ8721/CA
Jul 26, 2023CAII · Walk-around0CONTRACTORS EQUIPMENT RENTALS INC 26986704VJ8720/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CONTRACTORS EQUIPMENT RENTALS INC2698670Jul 26, 2023Jun 12, 20267CA
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.
4VJ8721CA2CONTRACTORS EQUIPMENT RENTALS INCDec 20, 2023Jun 12, 20266
4VJ8720CACONTRACTORS EQUIPMENT RENTALS INCJul 26, 2023Jul 26, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 18, 2026