WISCONSIN TRUCK PLATES
Began 1918. 1924 4-digit has no hyphen. All series start at #1
1918 - 1939/40, 1967-73; #25001 1940/41 - 1966, #10001 1974-80.
Numbers in bold are highest listed in state archives. 1930 plate
issued for 6 months to 6/30/30. Farm Truck plates began 1934/35
ony for trucks up to 1 1/2 tons, replacing most regular "A" trucks.
WEIGHTS CODES 1923-24 1930/31
1918 6699 A Up to 1 1/2 tons (Same)
1919 10888 B Over 1 1/2 to 2 1/4 tons (Same)
1920 16246 C Over 2 1/4 to under 3 tons (Same)
1921 21-310 D 3 to under 6 tons 3 to under 4 tons
1922 26-813 (-31-) E 6 to under 10 tons 4 to under 5 tons
1923 26-361 F 10 tons or more 5 tons or more
Chapter 320, passed 6/28/1923, set new truck fees according to gross weight
instead of capacity. This law took effect 7/1/1923 (enforced 8/1/1923),
requiring all trucks to re-register if more money was owed. The new fee
was 75% of the new annual rate, less the fee already paid; no refunds given.
Old plates were to be returned after receiving the new ones. About 20% of
all trucks (approximately 6,000) had to re-register, all in the D, E and F
classes. 28,536 trucks were registered from 1/1/1923 to 6/30/1923. New
registrations for trucks less than 3 tons were issued A, B and C plates.
A B C D E F TOTAL
1923 A 82 C 152 E 280 F 196 (710)
1924 A16-805 B17-238 C 6179 D 5404 E 2067 F 582 (48,275)
1925 26-317A 23-206B 7-299 C 6-131 D 2-674 E 692 F (66,319)
1926 A35-298 B26-132 C 8-991 D 6-562 E 2-873 F 717 (80,573)
1927 37-987A 27=411B 11-727C 7-347 D 3-367 E 709 F (88,548)
1928 A39-662 B17-237 C21-460 D12-541 E 3-732 F 1-520 (96,152)
1929 39-469A 20-604B 21-231C 18-146D 3-635 E 1-515 F (104,600)
1930 A37-572 B19-408 C18-100 D19-213 E 3-301 F 1-358 (98,952)
1930/31 A47178 B24469 C19494 D24170 E 3-740 F 1-564 (120,615)
1931/32 A55600 B23892 C18248 D24707 E 3-445 F 1-406 (127,298)
1932/33 53-199A 19-575B 15-245C 16-776D 3-843E 1-896F (114,484)
1933/34 50-927A 21-961B 15-070C 17-668D 5-181E 2-309F (117,208)
1934/35 9-878A 17-019B 14-234C 17-855D 6-368E 2-902F (72,064)
1935/36 9-090A 19-551B 14-280C 18-806D 7-950E 3-615F (77,492)
1936/37 8896 A 22-960B 15-101C 19-801D 9347 E 4673 F (85,900)
1937/38 8554 A 25-044B 14-791C 19-166D 9448 E 4972 F (78,780)
1938/39 7618 A 24-915B 11-998C 17-950D 9520 E 5185 F (82,811)
1939/40 6711 A 26-005B 11-532C 16-996D 9356 E 5286 F (82,044)
G H J K L M N
1932/33 1-095G 696 H 541 J 500 K 380 L 675 M 63 N
1933/34 1-264G 728 H 531 J 561 K 303 L 666 M 39 N
1934/35 1-252G 738 H 471 J 491 K 253 L 566 M 37 N
1935/36 1-593G 807 H 492 J 488 K 239 L 540 M 41 N
1936/37 2049 G 1142 H 565 J 504 K 261 L 554 M 67 N
1937/38 2294 G 1276 H 541 J 492 K 212 L 472 M 72 N
1938/39 2479 G 1334 H 627 J 434 K 238 L 445 M 68 N
1939/40 2708 G 1602 H 684 J 452 K 227 L 399 M 86 N
1932/33 - 39/40 weight classes (A-N) listed on Misc. 2 page.
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison) 7/1/1939 news article mentions that
weight classes E - N are to be White/Green instead of Blue/Yellow.
Small number of "E" class plates listed in registrations 1940/41 - 43/44.
WEIGHT 1- 3,001- 4,501- 6,001- 8,001-
LBS. 3,000 4,500 6,000 8,000 10,000 TOTAL
START A25-001 B25-001 C25-001 D25-001 E25-001
1940/41 A31-161 B51-703 C34-516 D38-028 E25-096 (55,504 P)
1941/42 30-384A 49-523B 33-655C 36-855D 25-087E (50,504 P)
33-910C* (50,759 P)
1942/43 30484A 50144B 33963C 36594D 25086E (51,271 S)
1944/45 A29 399 B47 129 C32 544 D34 697 (43,769 S)
1945/46 A31 568 B52 980 C35 760 D37 530 (57,838 P)
6/1948-50 34461 A 77802B 47996 C 45047 D (105,306 P)
6/1951-52 A 31789 B 73536 C 44788 D 26556 (76,579 P)
DEC 52-53 A30-050 B73-230 C45-665 D38-159 (87,104 P)
DEC 54 A25-881 B66-679 C29-961 (47,521 P)
DEC 55-56 A28-192 B77-370 C51-471 D35-925 (92,958 P)
DEC 57 A27-075 B64-896 C41-570 D32-220 (65,761 P)
DEC 58 A26-276 B64-028 C38-476 D33-578 (62,358 P)
DEC 59 A26-137 B65-714 C46-401 D35-723 (73,975 P)
DEC 60 A27-755 B66-291 C45-061 D26-414 (65,521 P)
DEC 61 A26-410 B68-081 C46-814 D35-925 (77,230 P)
DEC 62 A28-052 B65-416 C50-801 D35-877 (80,146 P)
DEC 63-64 A28-735 B81-439 C58-838 D36-070 (105,082 P)
DEC 65-66 A28-269 B87-251 C60-938 D39-486 (115,944 P)
START A 1 B 1 C 1 D 1
1967-69 A 3918 B73-336 C53-402 D20-877 (152,432 P)
1970-73 A 4063 B99-999 C99-999 D36-596
(1973) B/B28-409 C/C18-696 (267,762 P)
1974-80 BASE
Emb."74" A16-767 B99-999 C99-999 D57-728 (475,014 P)
B/B97-214 C/C99-999
C/A69-752
Deb."79" (none) A/A10-607 B/C12-081 C/A76-278 (104,676 P)
A/A48-178 B/C54-433 C/B11-029
(TOTAL 579,690 P)
1945/46: Pairs resumed.
1948-50: Square "B" up to 76627 B, round "B", no space 77802B.
1952: No hyphen D 27182; hyphen D34-277 - D38-159.
1955-56: Long size B75-074, C28-330,
6" x 12" B77-370, C50-851 - C51-471.
1962: LL slot B38-482, UL slot B68-081.
1973-80: Double-letter series begin at 10-001; date at LR
instead of LL. C/A reported 3/8/1977.
1974: A16-022, D50-404 have date at LR instead of LL;
A13-869, D44-658 normal.
"DEC 75" expiration changed to "JAN 77"; no 1976 date used.
Weight classes merged 1/1/1978, "JAN 79", as follows:
1 - 5,000 lbs. = B White/Green sticker
5,001 - 8,000 lbs. = C Black/White sticker
Weight classes shifted again 5/19/1978, "JAN 79", as follows:
1 - 4,500 lbs. = A (New registrations issued new
4,501 - 6,000 lbs. = B White/Light Blue 1979 stickers
6,001 - 8,000 lbs. = C with weights shown, like 1980)
1981-87 BASE 1-4,500 LBS. 4,501-6,000 LBS. 6,001-8,000 LBS.
Type 1 A/A 10-001 - A/B 87-577 B/A 10-001 - B/D 29-143 C/A 10-001 - C/C 19-352
Type 2 A/B 92-392 - A/C 24-655 B/D 44-066 - B/D 60-150 C/C 22-235 -
Type 3 A/C 35-323 - A/C 88-796 B/D 65-570 - B/E 24-537 C/C 27-873 - C/C 49-850
B/E 30516 - B/E 35785
B/E 38-058 -
Type 4 A/C 94-778 - A/D 38-827 B/E 43-214 - B/E 78-826 C/C 50-879 - C/C 68-964
Type 5 A/D 41-596 - A/D 43-798 B/E 82-427 -
Description of Types:
1980 "JAN 81" Type 1 - Embossed "JAN", large letters, long slot (646,066 P)
1984 "APR 85" Type 2 - As Type 1, but no embossed "JAN" (38,349 P)
1984 "DEC 85" Type 3 - As Type 2, but no long slot at LR (137,940 P)
1986 "MAR 87" Type 4 - As Type 3, but small letters (87,748 P)
1986 "NOV 87" Type 5 - As Type 4, but no painted border (2,204 P)
(TOTAL 975,180 P)
Some Type 3 have no hyphen "MAY 87".
Monthly Staggered Registration began 2/1/1984, expire "APR 84" to "MAR 85";
months assigned randomly by computer.
Replaced during 1987.
1988-2001 BASE 1-4,500 LBS. 4,501-6,000 LBS. 6,001-8,000 LBS.
Type 1 A/A 10-001 - A/E 75-910 B/A 10-001 - B/E 95-185 C/A 10-001 - C/C 16-601
Type 2 A/E 79-656 - B/E 96-695 - B/G 97-396 C/C 18-537 - C/C 39-643
Type 1a A/E 85-910 - B/H 10-746 - B/H 17-398
Type 2a A/E 99-271 - A/H 63-389
Type 3 A/H 64-400 - A/H 72-900 B/H 21-191 -
Type 4 A/H 73-001 - A/J 36-414 B/H 27-949 - B/H 69-117 C/C 41-080 - C/C 57-837
Type 5 A/J 37-948 - A/N 69-000 B/H 83-048 - B/M 34-237 C/C 59-070 - C/D 75-322
Description of Types:
1987 "JAN 88" Type 1 - Blue/Tan, large rounded letters (1,064,340 P)
1993 "SEP 94" Type 2 - As Type 1, but squared letters (255,926 P)
Type 3 - As Type 1, but thin letters and numbers (8,502 P)
(9,000 P "A" and 4,500 P "B" made)
(TOTAL TAN BASE 1,363,720 P)
1-1-95 "NOV 95" Type 4 - Farm graphic, Red/White, thin letters (111,340 P)
10-9-95 "NOV 96" Type 5 - As Type 4, but wide letters (808,487 P)
(TOTAL FARM BASE 936,522 P)
(GRAND TOTAL 2,308,535 P)
No F,I, used. Replaced July 2000 through June 2005.
2001-25 FARM SCENE BASE No I,O,Q* used.
7- 1-00 "SEP 01" Type 1 100001 - 999999 (899,999 P)
9-30-04 "MAY 05" Type 1a AA1001 - AV7776 (168,758 P)
11-7-05 Type 1b DG1001 - VT6334 (3,208,978 P)
(TOTAL 4,277,735 P)
*Q added for FQ only.
Large "A", "B" or "C" weight sticker (Black/White) at left on rear plate only;
weights same as 1981-2001.
#C 201726 with full-size embossed "C" seen 6/25/2019 - new style?
