Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1988 Great Dane Trailers

1GRDM9029JM002809 · Trailer · TRAILER
Freedom
Carriers run under3
25 mo
Inspections11
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 11
First seenAug 5, 2023
US
Last seenSep 15, 2025
US
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 25 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.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1GRDM9029JM002809
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
1988
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
1GR

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
DM902

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

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
002809

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 · 351 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Great Dane Trailers

Prefix basis · 351 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Freedom

Sourced label · prefix basis 351 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
1988

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 5, 2023 – Sep 15, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Sep 15, 2025USIII · Driver-only2PENA LOGISTICS LLC 3881730G88470/AZ
Jul 22, 2025USII · Walk-around3RICARDO ANDRES PENA COTA 591357G88470/AZ
Jun 16, 2025USI · Full17OOSPENA LOGISTICS LLC 3881730G88470/AZ
May 7, 2025USI · Full19OOSPENA LOGISTICS LLC 3881730G88470/AZ
Mar 24, 2025AZII · Walk-around3OOSRP TRUCKING INC 2266321G88470/AZ
Mar 22, 2025USII · Walk-around8RP TRUCKING INC 2266321G88470/AZ
Nov 21, 2024USII · Walk-around5PENA LOGISTICS LLC 3881730G88470/AZ
Sep 21, 2024USI · Full8PENA LOGISTICS LLC 3881730G88470/AZ
Feb 22, 2024USI · Full9OOSRICARDO ANDRES PENA COTA 591357G88470/AZ
Sep 19, 2023AZI · Full1PENA LOGISTICS LLC 3881730G88470/AZ
Aug 5, 2023USI · Full6PENA LOGISTICS LLC 3881730988470/AZ
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
PENA LOGISTICS LLC3881730Aug 5, 2023Sep 15, 20257AZ
RICARDO ANDRES PENA COTA591357Feb 22, 2024Jul 22, 20252SO
RP TRUCKING INC2266321Mar 22, 2025Mar 24, 20252AZ
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.
G88470AZPENA LOGISTICS LLCSep 19, 2023Sep 15, 20256
G88470AZRICARDO ANDRES PENA COTAFeb 22, 2024Jul 22, 20252
G88470AZRP TRUCKING INCMar 22, 2025Mar 24, 20252
988470AZPENA LOGISTICS LLCAug 5, 2023Aug 5, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 16, 2026