Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2019 Trail King Industries

1TKJ05224KM098289 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
37 mo
Inspections22
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 22
First seenJun 19, 2023
AZ
Last seenJul 23, 2026
AZ
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1TKJ05224KM098289
Make
Trail King Industries
Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES
Model year
2019
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
J0522

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
1989 or 2019

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

North American serial sequence
098289

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
2019

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 · Jun 19, 2023 – Jul 23, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 23, 2026AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
May 12, 2026AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
Mar 24, 2026AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
Jan 13, 2026AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
Dec 19, 2025AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
Dec 18, 2025AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
Jul 10, 2025AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
Oct 18, 2024AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
Aug 13, 2024AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
Jun 18, 2024AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
May 21, 2024AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
May 3, 2024AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
May 2, 2024AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
May 2, 2024AZII · Walk-around1EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
Apr 2, 2024AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064308404/AZ
Feb 22, 2024AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
Jan 18, 2024AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
Jan 16, 2024AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
Jan 11, 2024AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
Aug 29, 2023AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
Jul 24, 2023AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/AZ
Jun 19, 2023AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 4406430840F/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 LLC44064Jun 19, 2023Jul 23, 202622AZ
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.
30840FAZ2EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLCJun 19, 2023Jul 23, 202621
308404AZEMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLCApr 2, 2024Apr 2, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026