Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2028 Trail King Industries

1TKS04028WM032805 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under3
14 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections4
of 4
First seenOct 19, 2023
TX
Last seenDec 16, 2024
TX
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 14 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
1TKS04028WM032805
Make
Trail King Industries
Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES
Model year
2028
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
S0402

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1998 or 2028

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

North American serial sequence
032805

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 · 10 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
TRAIL KING INDUSTRIES

Prefix basis · 10 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
2028

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 · Oct 19, 2023 – Dec 16, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 16, 2024TXIII · Driver-only7OOSTHIMAT LLC 429635523R880M/TX
Nov 20, 2024TXI · Full23OOSTHIMAT LLC 429635550P847M/TX
Apr 19, 2024TXI · Full26OOSSERVICES KING LLC 4146466213B339/TX
Oct 19, 2023TXII · Walk-around2OOSMDS EXPRESS LLC 413654682M311M/TX
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Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
THIMAT LLC4296355Nov 20, 2024Dec 16, 20242TX
SERVICES KING LLC4146466Apr 19, 2024Apr 19, 20241TX
MDS EXPRESS LLC4136546Oct 19, 2023Oct 19, 20231TX
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.
23R880MTXTHIMAT LLCDec 16, 2024Dec 16, 20241
50P847MTXTHIMAT LLCNov 20, 2024Nov 20, 20241
213B339TXSERVICES KING LLCApr 19, 2024Apr 19, 20241
82M311MTXMDS EXPRESS LLCOct 19, 2023Oct 19, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 7, 2026