Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1985 Great Dane Trailers

1GRAP0628FD454626 · Trailer · TRAILER
Champion (dry van)
Carriers run under2
12 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 2
First seenJun 17, 2023
NY
Last seenJun 26, 2024
PA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 12 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
1GRAP0628FD454626
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
1985
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 21, 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
1GR

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
AP062

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1985 or 2015

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

North American serial sequence
454626

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
GREAT DANE TRAILERS

Prefix basis · 10,816 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Great Dane Trailers

Prefix basis · 10,816 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Champion (dry van)

Sourced label · prefix basis 10,816 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

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
1985

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
GREAT DANE TRAILERS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Great Dane Trailers

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

  • 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 17, 2023 – Jun 26, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 26, 2024PAIII · Driver-only0HILLS LOGISTICS LLC 4105793P811451/IN
Jun 17, 2023NYII · Walk-around0MET EXPRESS INC 3885269P811451/IN
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HILLS LOGISTICS LLC4105793Jun 26, 2024Jun 26, 20241NJ
MET EXPRESS INC3885269Jun 17, 2023Jun 17, 20231AR
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.
P811451INHILLS LOGISTICS LLCJun 26, 2024Jun 26, 20241
P811451INMET EXPRESS INCJun 17, 2023Jun 17, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 21, 2026