Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1987 Great Dane Trailers

1GRAP0629HK273954 · Trailer · TRAILER
Champion (dry van)
Carriers run under3
9 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenJul 31, 2024
NM
Last seenApr 30, 2025
CA
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 9 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
1GRAP0629HK273954
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
1987
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 20, 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
9 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 9.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
273954

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
1987

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 · Jul 31, 2024 – Apr 30, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 30, 2025CAII · Walk-around0HUNTER TRANS INC 3489250P577711/IN
Mar 21, 2025CAIII · Driver-only0CHEEMA TRUCKLINE LLC 3014873P577711/IN
Jul 31, 2024NMII · Walk-around0TORO'S TRANSPORT LLC 3021345P577711/IN
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Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
HUNTER TRANS INC3489250Apr 30, 2025Apr 30, 20251CA
CHEEMA TRUCKLINE LLC3014873Mar 21, 2025Mar 21, 20251CA
TORO'S TRANSPORT LLC3021345Jul 31, 2024Jul 31, 20241TX
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.
P577711INHUNTER TRANS INCApr 30, 2025Apr 30, 20251
P577711INCHEEMA TRUCKLINE LLCMar 21, 2025Mar 21, 20251
P577711INTORO'S TRANSPORT LLCJul 31, 2024Jul 31, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 20, 2026