Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2020 Trail King Industries

1TKJ0532XLM072070 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under2
33 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenAug 9, 2023
NY
Last seenMay 9, 2026
MI
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 33 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
1TKJ0532XLM072070
Make
Trail King Industries
Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES
Model year
2020
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 7, 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
1TK

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
J0532

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

Model year candidates
1990 or 2020

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

North American serial sequence
072070

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
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

Prefix basis · 36 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

Prefix basis · 36 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Not established

No sourced model-line label is established.

No source established for this field.

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
2020

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

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

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Aug 9, 2023 – May 9, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 9, 2026MIIII · Driver-only0ST-GERMAIN EXPRESS INC 1258487RK9882N/QC
May 9, 2026MIIII · Driver-only1TRANSPORT BELLEMARE INTERNATIONAL INC 1550291RD3705Q/QC
Sep 19, 2024COIII · Driver-only1ST-GERMAIN EXPRESS INC 1258487RK9882N-1/QC
Aug 9, 2023NYII · Walk-around3ST-GERMAIN EXPRESS INC 1258487RK9882N/PQ
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ST-GERMAIN EXPRESS INC1258487Aug 9, 2023May 9, 20263QC
TRANSPORT BELLEMARE INTERNATIONAL INC1550291May 9, 2026May 9, 20261QC
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.
RK9882NQCST-GERMAIN EXPRESS INCMay 9, 2026May 9, 20261
RD3705QQCTRANSPORT BELLEMARE INTERNATIONAL INCMay 9, 2026May 9, 20261
RK9882N-1QCST-GERMAIN EXPRESS INCSep 19, 2024Sep 19, 20241
RK9882NPQST-GERMAIN EXPRESS INCAug 9, 2023Aug 9, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 7, 2026