Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2022 Trail King Industries

1TKR0282XNM018894 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
33 mo
Inspections30
all-time
OOS inspections1
of 30
First seenAug 29, 2023
AZ
Last seenMay 28, 2026
AZ
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1TKR0282XNM018894
Make
Trail King Industries
Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES
Model year
2022
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
R0282

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

Model year candidates
1992 or 2022

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

North American serial sequence
018894

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
2022

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 · Aug 29, 2023 – May 28, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 28, 2026AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
May 27, 2026AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
May 19, 2026AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Apr 17, 2026AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4GR/AZ
Apr 16, 2026AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Apr 15, 2026AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Apr 14, 2026AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Dec 19, 2025AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Oct 22, 2025AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064R8A4RG/AZ
Sep 12, 2025AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Sep 10, 2025AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Aug 26, 2025AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Aug 14, 2025AZII · Walk-around1EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Aug 8, 2025AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
May 20, 2025AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Apr 30, 2025AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Apr 11, 2025AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Apr 8, 2025AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Mar 6, 2025AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Mar 3, 2025AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Feb 18, 2025AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Sep 16, 2024AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Jul 1, 2024AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Jun 28, 2024AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Jun 4, 2024AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Apr 2, 2024AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Mar 14, 2024AZIII · Driver-only0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064R8A4RG/AZ
Oct 20, 2023COIII · Driver-only1OOSEMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Oct 2, 2023COII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/AZ
Aug 29, 2023AZII · Walk-around0EMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLC 44064RGA4RG/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 LLC44064Aug 29, 2023May 28, 202630AZ
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.
RGA4RGAZEMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLCAug 29, 2023May 28, 202627
RGA4GRAZEMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLCApr 17, 2026Apr 17, 20261
R8A4RGAZEMPIRE SOUTHWEST LLCMar 14, 2024Oct 22, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026