Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Trail King Industries

1TKJ05533JM027068 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
21 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenSep 5, 2024
KS
Last seenJun 17, 2026
AR
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1TKJ05533JM027068
Make
Trail King Industries
Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES
Model year
2018
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 7, 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
J0553

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
027068

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 · 10 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

Prefix basis · 10 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
2018

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 · Sep 5, 2024 – Jun 17, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 17, 2026ARIII · Driver-only1KULOW TRUCK LINE INC 364229MU0983/IA
Mar 19, 2026MDII · Walk-around1KULOW TRUCK LINE INC 3642292696STW/MN
Mar 12, 2025SDIII · Driver-only0KULOW TRUCK LINE INC 3642292696STW/MN
Sep 5, 2024KSIII · Driver-only0KULOW TRUCK LINE INC 3642292696STW/MN
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
KULOW TRUCK LINE INC364229Sep 5, 2024Jun 17, 20264IA
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
MU0983IA2KULOW TRUCK LINE INCJun 17, 2026Jun 17, 20261
2696STWMNKULOW TRUCK LINE INCSep 5, 2024Mar 19, 20263
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 7, 2026