Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2023 Trail King Industries

1TKH01629PM012452 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections15
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 15
First seenNov 16, 2023
AZ
Last seenJun 26, 2026
AZ
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1TKH01629PM012452
Make
Trail King Industries
Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES
Model year
2023
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
1TK

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
H0162

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1993 or 2023

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

North American serial sequence
012452

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 · 5 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

Prefix basis · 5 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
2023

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 · Nov 16, 2023 – Jun 26, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 26, 2026AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064C7A0CS/AZ
Jun 25, 2026AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064C7A0CS/AZ
May 20, 2026AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064C7A0CS/AZ
Feb 11, 2026AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064C7A0CS/AZ
Dec 22, 2025AZII · Walk-around1EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064C7A0CS/AZ
Dec 5, 2025IAIII · Driver-only1EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064C7A0CS/AZ
Nov 20, 2025AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064C7A0CS/AZ
Nov 18, 2025AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064C7A0CS/AZ
Oct 9, 2025AZII · Walk-around2EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064C7A0CS/AZ
Jul 1, 2025AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064C7A0CS/AZ
Jun 23, 2025AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064C7A0CS/AZ
Apr 15, 2025AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064C7A0CS/AZ
Jan 14, 2025AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064C7A0CS/AZ
May 17, 2024AZII · Walk-around1EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064C7A0CS/AZ
Nov 16, 2023AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064C7A0CS/AZ
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC44064Nov 16, 2023Jun 26, 202615AZ
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.
C7A0CSAZ3EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLCNov 16, 2023Jun 26, 202615
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026