Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2008 Trail King Industries

1TKB053238W072587 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
15 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenAug 22, 2024
NC
Last seenNov 10, 2025
SC
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 15 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
1TKB053238W072587
Make
Trail King Industries
Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES
Model year
2008
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
2008 or 2038

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

North American serial sequence
072587

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
2008

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 · Aug 22, 2024 – Nov 10, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 10, 2025SCIII · Driver-only1KING FAMILY LOGISTICS 406334898492PT/SC
Jun 2, 2025NCII · Walk-around0HERITAGE HAULING INC 160061998392PT/SC
Aug 22, 2024NCII · Walk-around0HERITAGE HAULING INC 160061998392PT/SC
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
KING FAMILY LOGISTICS4063348Nov 10, 2025Nov 10, 20251SC
HERITAGE HAULING INC1600619Aug 22, 2024Jun 2, 20252SC
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.
98492PTSCKING FAMILY LOGISTICSNov 10, 2025Nov 10, 20251
98392PTSCHERITAGE HAULING INCAug 22, 2024Jun 2, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 26, 2026