How can you tell year of trailer

[massguy]

how can you tell what year your trailer is

[K447]

10th digit in VIN code is last 'digit' of the model year. If the tenth digit in the VIN was an 8, then the trailer was made in 2008.

The model year digit is the tenth digit. Each year has a code character. From the 1980s until 2000, each year had a letter code, with 2000 assigned Y. 2001 was given code 1, 2002 is code 2, and so forth.

HowStuffWorks "How VINs Work"

Also, sometimes the VIN plate has the actual date of manufacture shown.

Click here for an interactive illustration of how VIN codes work

[massguy]

How would it work if the trailer was from the 90s

[speedskixp]

How would it work if the trailer was from the 90s

Count down from Y being 2000. X is 99, w is 98, v is 97 and so on.

[K447]

VIN date code table (10th digit in VIN is date code * )

A = 1980
B = 1981
C = 1982
D = 1983
E = 1984
F = 1985
G = 1986
H = 1987
J = 1988
K = 1989
L = 1990
M = 1991
N = 1992
P = 1993
R = 1994
S = 1995
T = 1996
V = 1997
W = 1998
X = 1999
Y = 2000
1 = 2001
2 = 2002
3 = 2003
4 = 2004
5 = 2005
6 = 2006
7 = 2007
8 = 2008
9 = 2009
A = 2010
B = 2011
C = 2012
D = 2013
E = 2014
F = 2015
G = 2016
H = 2017
J = 2018
K = 2019

* ... trailers ... VIN characters 1–8 and 10 that were assigned from 1980–2009 ... repeated beginning with the 2010 model year.