Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2024 Trail King Industries

1TKJ04828RM045381 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
16 mo
Inspections8
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 8
First seenMar 26, 2025
MT
Last seenJul 31, 2026
CO
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 16 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
1TKJ04828RM045381
Make
Trail King Industries
Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES
Model year
2024
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 18, 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
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1994 or 2024

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

North American serial sequence
045381

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
2024

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 · Mar 26, 2025 – Jul 31, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 31, 2026COIII · Driver-only2SMARTWAY EXPRESS INC 3525590977274ST/IL
May 6, 2026ARIII · Driver-only0SMARTWAY EXPRESS INC 3525590977274ST/IL
Apr 22, 2026ARII · Walk-around1OOSSMARTWAY EXPRESS INC 3525590977274ST/IL
Nov 13, 2025IAIII · Driver-only0SMARTWAY EXPRESS INC 3525590977274ST/IL
Jul 7, 2025NDII · Walk-around4SMARTWAY EXPRESS INC 3525590977274ST/IL
May 23, 2025OHIII · Driver-only1SUNWAY CARRIERS INC 3097552977274ST/IL
Mar 26, 2025SDIII · Driver-only0SMARTWAY EXPRESS INC 3525590977274ST/IL
Mar 26, 2025MTII · Walk-around3OOSSUNWAY CARRIERS INC 3097552977274ST/IL
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SMARTWAY EXPRESS INC3525590Mar 26, 2025Jul 31, 20266IL
SUNWAY CARRIERS INC3097552Mar 26, 2025May 23, 20252IL
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.
977274STIL2SMARTWAY EXPRESS INCMar 26, 2025Jul 31, 20266
977274STILSUNWAY CARRIERS INCMar 26, 2025May 23, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 18, 2026