Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1988 Great Dane Trailers

1GRAP062XJT114943 · Trailer · TRAILER
Champion (dry van)
Carriers run under1
27 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 5
First seenJul 13, 2023
MO
Last seenOct 22, 2025
MI
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1GRAP062XJT114943
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
1988
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 27, 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
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

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
114943

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
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 · Jul 13, 2023 – Oct 22, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 22, 2025MIII · Walk-around2MELKAN EXPRESS LLC 1810877E974888/MI
Feb 26, 2025ARI · Full2OOSMELKAN EXPRESS LLC 1810877D703390/MI
Oct 28, 2024ARIII · Driver-only1MELKAN EXPRESS LLC 1810877E974888/MI
Oct 2, 2024ARIII · Driver-only1MELKAN EXPRESS LLC 1810877E974888/MI
Jul 13, 2023MOII · Walk-around4OOSMELKAN EXPRESS LLC 1810877D703391/MI
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MELKAN EXPRESS LLC1810877Jul 13, 2023Oct 22, 20255MI
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.
E974888MIMELKAN EXPRESS LLCOct 2, 2024Oct 22, 20253
D703390MIMELKAN EXPRESS LLCFeb 26, 2025Feb 26, 20251
D703391MIMELKAN EXPRESS LLCJul 13, 2023Jul 13, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 27, 2026