Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2008 Great Dane Trailers

1GRDM962X8H709864 · Trailer · TRAILER
Freedom
Carriers run under1
13 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections2
of 5
First seenApr 9, 2024
OH
Last seenMay 15, 2025
MN
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1GRDM962X8H709864
Make
Great Dane Trailers
Model
Great Dane Trailers
Model year
2008
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
DM962

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

Model year candidates
2008 or 2038

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

North American serial sequence
709864

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 · 3,507 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Great Dane Trailers

Prefix basis · 3,507 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Freedom

Sourced label · prefix basis 3,507 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
2008

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 · Apr 9, 2024 – May 15, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 15, 2025MNII · Walk-around3CHIWEENIE EXPRESS LLC 3290197F042955/MI
Oct 14, 2024NDI · Full3OOSCHIWEENIE EXPRESS LLC 3290197F042955/MI
Sep 19, 2024LAIII · Driver-only0CHIWEENIE EXPRESS LLC 3290197F042955/MI
Apr 23, 2024NYIII · Driver-only1CHIWEENIE EXPRESS LLC 3290197F042955/MI
Apr 9, 2024OHII · Walk-around4OOSCHIWEENIE EXPRESS LLC 3290197D941339/MI
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CHIWEENIE EXPRESS LLC3290197Apr 9, 2024May 15, 20255MI
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.
F042955MICHIWEENIE EXPRESS LLCApr 23, 2024May 15, 20254
D941339MICHIWEENIE EXPRESS LLCApr 9, 2024Apr 9, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 27, 2026