Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2013 Trail King Industries

1TKJ04823DW108786 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under4
27 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 5
First seenSep 4, 2023
WA
Last seenDec 28, 2025
KY
Inspected under 4 different carriers in 27 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
1TKJ04823DW108786
Make
Trail King Industries
Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES
Model year
2013
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 28, 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
J0482

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1983 or 2013

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

North American serial sequence
108786

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 · 291 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

Prefix basis · 291 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
2013

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 · Sep 4, 2023 – Dec 28, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 28, 2025KYIII · Driver-only1ALINUR TRUCKING INC 34865955380945/ME
Jan 21, 2025INIII · Driver-only0NEWS TRANSPORTATION INC 39681535380945/ME
Sep 10, 2024MOII · Walk-around1OOSMKG EXPRESS INC 36408555380945/ME
Sep 4, 2024ILIII · Driver-only4OOSMKG EXPRESS INC 36408555380945/ME
Sep 4, 2023WAIII · Driver-only1STRATAN INC 29690305199499/ON
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Carriers this unit has run under

4 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ALINUR TRUCKING INC3486595Dec 28, 2025Dec 28, 20251IL
NEWS TRANSPORTATION INC3968153Jan 21, 2025Jan 21, 20251IL
MKG EXPRESS INC3640855Sep 4, 2024Sep 10, 20242IL
STRATAN INC2969030Sep 4, 2023Sep 4, 20231SC
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.
5380945MEALINUR TRUCKING INCDec 28, 2025Dec 28, 20251
5380945MENEWS TRANSPORTATION INCJan 21, 2025Jan 21, 20251
5380945MEMKG EXPRESS INCSep 4, 2024Sep 10, 20242
5199499ONSTRATAN INCSep 4, 2023Sep 4, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 28, 2026