Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2005 Trail King Industries

1TKFA392X5B108837 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
25 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 7
First seenMar 6, 2024
KY
Last seenApr 15, 2026
TN
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1TKFA392X5B108837
Make
Trail King Industries
Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES
Model year
2005
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 11, 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
FA392

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

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
108837

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 · 9 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

Prefix basis · 9 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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Mar 6, 2024 – Apr 15, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 15, 2026TNIII · Driver-only0SAMUEL R THORNHILL 4294255C04EEP/AL
Feb 21, 2025SCIII · Driver-only0SAMUEL R THORNHILL 4294255A058AA/AL
Jan 25, 2025ARIII · Driver-only1SAMUEL R THORNHILL 4294255A058AA/AL
Jan 24, 2025KSIII · Driver-only0SAMUEL R THORNHILL 4294255A058AA/AL
May 22, 2024INII · Walk-around0SAMUEL R THORNHILL 4294255A058AA/AL
Apr 30, 2024ALII · Walk-around1OOSSAMUEL R THORNHILL 4294255A058AA/AL
Mar 6, 2024KYI · Full9OOSSAMUEL R THORNHILL 4294255A058AA/AL
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SAMUEL R THORNHILL429425Mar 6, 2024Apr 15, 20267AL
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.
5C04EEPALSAMUEL R THORNHILLApr 15, 2026Apr 15, 20261
5A058AAALSAMUEL R THORNHILLMar 6, 2024Feb 21, 20256
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 11, 2026