Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2005 Trail King Industries

1TKB053235M088912 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
10 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 3
First seenFeb 19, 2025
PA
Last seenDec 23, 2025
PA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 10 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
1TKB053235M088912
Make
Trail King Industries
Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES
Model year
2005
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 26, 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
B0532

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
2005 or 2035

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

North American serial sequence
088912

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 · 159 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

Prefix basis · 159 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
2005

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Feb 19, 2025 – Dec 23, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 23, 2025PAIII · Driver-only2GRIDIRON STEEL INC 4001780PT655X0/PA
Feb 20, 2025PAII · Walk-around20OOSDLINC 3940240PT999T1/PA
Feb 19, 2025PAII · Walk-around11OOSDLINC 3940240PT999T1/PA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
GRIDIRON STEEL INC4001780Dec 23, 2025Dec 23, 20251PA
DLINC3940240Feb 19, 2025Feb 20, 20252PA
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.
PT655X0PAGRIDIRON STEEL INCDec 23, 2025Dec 23, 20251
PT999T1PADLINCFeb 19, 2025Feb 20, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 26, 2026