OHIO TRUCK PLATES
Truck began 1920. T-119,400* highest manufactured 1922.
Verify dimensions of 1922-34 7-figure (6" x 16" reported).
1920: Hyphen on #T-64939, not on T65003.
1923: Hyphen on 4-digits, not on 5-6-digits.
1927: Hyphen on 3-digits.
Farm plates began May 1937, replacing some trucks up to 6,000 lbs.
1920 T-1721 - T-72284 1927 T 54 - T184-162
1921 T-4 - T-98388 1928 T1-200 - T193-478
1922 T-765 - T-112,717 1929 T1-757 - T192-417
1923 T-12 - T133,787 1930 T 476 - T209-942*
1924 T 12 - T162-988* 1931 T 67 - T223-375*
1925 T 501 - T164-057 1932 T 83 - T195-363*
1926 T1-068 - T173-794 1933 T5-198 - T184-389*
1934 FORMATS
Trucks under 3,050 lbs.: T100-398 - T165-031 (64,634)
(Probably began at T100-001, since 1935 #2-J-189 = 8,163
and #3-PE-27 = 54,264 for a total of only 62,427)
Trucks 3,050 - 4,049 lbs. T/4 3-924 - 27-907
Trucks 4,050 - 5,049 lbs. T/5 163 - 24-739
Trucks 5,050 - 6,049 lbs T/6 52 - 3-509
Trucks 6,050 - 7,049 lbs. T/7 2-964 - 4-602
Trucks 7,050 - 8,049 lbs. T/8 28 -
(Weight codes same as 1935-91, ranging from T/4 to T/25)
1935-66 FORMATS No I,O used. Hyphens dropped 1966.
(Capacity examples use 4, 10)
Weights 1-9: 4-A-5 - 4-Z-999 (Capacity 23,880)
4-AA-5 - 4-ZZ-99 (Capacity +54,720 = 78,600)
(1949) 4-A-1000 - 4-Z-1999 (Capacity +24,000 = 102,600)
(1955) 4-AA-100 - 4-ZZ-199 (Capacity +57,600 = 160,200)
(1961) 4-A-2000 - 4-Z-9999 (Capacity +192,000 = 352,200)
Weights 10+: 10-A-11 - 10-Z-99 (Capacity 2,136)
(1938-??) 10-A-100 - 10-Z-199 (Capacity +2,400)
(1942-on) 10-AA-11 - 10-ZZ-99 (Capacity +51,264 = 53,400)
Prefix number (1 - 31) is a weight code which indicates empty
weight plus 49 lbs, i.e. "4" = 4,049 lbs. "50" highest reported,
but it was also reported in 1980 that all trucks over 20,000 lbs.
were issued the "50" series. Some plates (1958 earliest known)
have a 1" x 2" black/white weight change sticker for registration
transfers.
Each serial starts one number higher than weight code, i.e. "1"
starts at 2.
ASSIGNMENTS 1942, 1945, 1958, 1961
FORMATS AS ABOVE EXCEPT 4:
1958 4-A-5 - 4-Z-1999, 4-AA-5 - 4-ZZ-199
1961 4-A-5 - 4-A-9999, 4-B-5 - 4-Z-1999, 4-AA-5 - 4-ZZ-199
1942 TOTALS 1945 TOTALS 1958 TOTALS 1961 TOTALS
1 A 26 25 1 A 26 25 1 A 15 14 1 A 15 14
2 B 150 1,145 2 A 842 840 2 A 665 663 2 B 648 1,643
3 EW 70 35,107 3 CN 18 29,679 3 S 350 16,283 3 R 865 15,802
4 GC 85 37,831 4 FQ 50 36,656 4 YN 100 153,276 4 YF 199 160,010
5 AY 50 25,969 5 Z 300 23,157 5 EB 99 33,166 5 FB 96 35,321
6 CE 75 28,737 6 BY 99 28,203 6 BF 50 26,573 6 Z 590 23,423
7 T 410 17,267 7 U 100 17,949 7 CK 99 29,144 7 AJ 13 24,550
8 K 999 9,910 8 L 200 10,102 8 DP 65 31,576 8 CM 19 29,164
9 E 600 4,551 9 F 500 5,441 9 Y 740 22,511 9 AB 66 23,907
10 AF 22 2,593 10 AE 99 2,581 10 FT 40 14,359 10 HA 35 17,113
11 X 99 1,936 11 V 87 1,748 11 CL 79 7,284 11 DW 45 10,242
12 P 99 1,218 12 L 55 913 12 BE 90 4,602 12 CF 38 6,725
13 C 99 258 13 D 99 344 13 AP 85 3,254 13 BK 39 4,928
14 B 99 170 14 C 99 255 14 AA 28 2,054 14 AN 76 3,122
15 B 40 109 15 B 99 168 15 N 48 1,041 15 AB 56 2,141
16 A 99 83 16 B 99 166 16 H 65 630 16 R 72 1,301
17 A 99 82 17 A 80 63 17 G 72 547 17 L 42 845
18 A 99 81 18 A 75 57 18 E 75 381 18 H 50 599
19 B 99 160 19 A 50 31 19 D 35 256 19 E 77 378
20 A 65 45 20 A 35 15 20 B 50 109 20 B 65 124
21 A 50 29 21 A 35 14 21 A 40 19 21 A 88 67
22 A 50 28 22 A 35 13 22 A 36 14 22 A 54 32
23 A 50 27 23 A 30 7 23 A 34 11 23 A 41 18
24 A 50 26 24 A 30 6 24 A 32 8 24 A 35 11
25 A 50 25 25 A 30 5 25 A 30 5 25 A 30 5
26 A 31 5 26 A 31 5
27 A 31 4 27 A 32 5
28 A 31 3 28 A 32 4
29 A 32 3 29 A 32 3
(no 30)
31 A 32 1
167,412* 158,438 347,796* 361,502*
1967-91 FORMATS
(Capacity examples use 4, 10)
Weights 1-9: 4 A 5 - 4 Z 9999 (Capacity 239,880)
(1972) 4 AA 5 - 4 ZZ 999* (Capacity +24,000 = 263,880)
(1973) 4 AB 5 - 4 ZY 999** (Capacity +549,240 = 813,120)
Weights 10+: 10 A 11 - 10 Z 999 (Capacity 23,736)
(1976-80) 10 AA 11 - 10 ZZ 99*** (Capacity +51,264 = 75,000)
* Repeating-letter combinations only
** Non-repeating-letter combinations only
***All letter combinations
Weights 3-5, 10+ switched to the new system in 1967 to avoid double letters;
weights 6-9 appear to have switched in 1974:
3 - 1967 (also late 1966)
4 - 1967
5 - 1967
6 - 1974 (1971 added 6 A 1000 - 6 A 1999 after 6 Z 999)
7 - 1974
8 - 1974
9 - 1974 (1973 added 9 A 1000 - 9 C 1999 after 9 Z 999)
OBSERVED NUMBERS, WEIGHTS 3 - 9
(Known assignments in bold)
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1935 3 PE 27 4 EZ 48 5 EF 64 6 A 692 7 D 811 8 B 49
1936 3 RR 90 4 KF 13 5 HF 91 6 E 296 7 K 924
1937 3 QR 23 4 FP 23 5 HB 14 6 V 537 8 C 351
1938 3 KW 55 4 EG 76 5 DV 85 6 Z 587 8 D 544 9 D 289
1939 3 HF 5 4 X 788 5 DB 46 6 CK 69 7 N 980
1940 3 HM 74 4 W 86 5 CQ 96 6 X 929 7 J 647
1941 3 ER 84 4 HL 74 5 R 946 7 Q 788 9 A 647
1942-43 3 EW 70 4 GC 85 5 AY 50 6 CE 75 7 T 410 8 K 999 9 E 600
4 HV 52
1944 3 CC 5 4 DP 87 5 U 606 6 P 272 7 R 410
1945 3 CN 18 4 FQ 50 5 Z 300 6 BY 99 7 U 100 8 L 200 9 F 500
6 CP 81
1946 3 Q 422 4 MF 27 5 L 967 6 FB 95 7 R 565
1947 3 FX 29 4 SD 42 5 L 833 6 FX 87 7 BZ 98 8 N 16
1948 3 GQ 88 4 WV 23 5 Y 414 6 EY 44 7 CB 82 8 S 626
1949 3 DS 11 4 A 1882 5 Y 757 6 FF 62 7 BZ 29 8 H 388
1950 3 FQ 56 4 ZU 60 5 AM 47 6 CV 82 7 Y 101 8 B 838 9 M 433
1951-52 3 FS 31 4 V 1101 5 X 669 6 CG 21 7 GM 85 8 H 186 9 M 664
4 CF 146
1953 3 W 324 4 ZH 84 5 Q 864 6 L 756 7 AE 16 8 N 825 9 G 630
4 AR 136
1954 3 BX 7 4 X 1933 5 K 600 6 CT 33 7 BQ 98 8 AK 51 9 V 393
1955 3 X 803 4 NZ 111 5 AA 51 6 BG 91 7 J 876 9 M 74
1956 3 U 841 4 DL 101 5 DH 28 6 G 713 7 AV 28 8 U 268 9 F 674
1957 3 T 97 4 WL 71 5 ED 65 6 AQ 13 7 CD 90 8 W 383 9 L 371
1958 3 S 350 4 YN 100 5 EB 99 6 BF 50 7 CK 99 8 DP 65 9 Y 740
5 EC 70
1959 3 L 23 4 YQ 154 5 EC 55 6 N 369 7 Y 275 8 AQ 15 9 J 255
1960 3 Q 193 4 ZN 114 5 DV 57 6 Q 112 7 AY 87 8 Q 919 9 R 730
1961 3 R 865 4 YF 199 5 FB 96 6 Z 590 7 AJ 13 8 CM 19 9 AB 66
4 YL 118
4 A 9999
1962 3 U 853 4 A 6703 5 EQ 55 6 Y 391 7 X 779 8 BN 15 9 U 784
1963 3 Y 707 4 A 5678 5 EB 27 6 S 398 7 X 557 8 AV 13 9 F 494
1964 3 CB 36 4 UD 188 5 EP 74 6 W 859 7 Q 135 8 AS 84 9 Y 612
1965 3 Y 550 4 K 3895 5 EN 67 6 X 44 7 W 101 8 BB 9 9 Y 500
1966 3 AB 63 4 Q 3030 5 GM 97 6 V 720 7 F 276 8 AG 66 9 Z 516
3 A 6476
1967 3 D 6072 4 S 6694 5 D 7086 6 U 698 7 T 151 8 Z 127 9 V 638
1968 3 D 5793 4 S 6955 5 E 4502 6 C 394 7 C 991 8 U 508 9 S 306
1969 3 E 1981 4 V 5441 5 E 9568 6 X 279 7 S 58 8 X 899 9 V 406
1970 3 D 7203 4 W 6342 5 F 9111 6 Y 149 7 H 547 8 W 74 9 U 214
1971 3 D 8371 4 Z 2969 5 G 3727 6 U 44 7 T 451 8 N 707 9 V 473
6 A 1589
1972 3 C 7949 4 YY 172 5 J 2549 6 X 629 7 E 946 8 R 961 9 Z 518
1973 3 D 8003 4 BD 868 5 K 8512 6 R 694 7 R 717 8 W 513 9 R 359
5 L 466 9 C 1242
1974-75 3 D 4189 4 EH 552 5 R 9176 6 E 4218 7 N 1006 8 E 1197 9 P 172
1976-80 3 E 9385 4 LZ 120 5 PP 606 6 M 8176 7 M 1229 8 Q 1727 9 K 1183
(Border) 4 NC 492 5 EZ 107 6 N 8756 7 N 1909
4 NE 298 5 FQ 824
1980-85 3 E 7757 4 U 1125 5 V 9406 6 J 981 7 E 6021 8 B 6709 9 B 9333
1985-91 3 G 8987 4 MZ 996 5 FN 842 6 M 8235 7 J 3873 8 D 3205
7 K 681
(No bd.) 3 N 9243 4 RS 523 5 LA 203 6 R 5317 7 N 1538
OBSERVED NUMBERS, WEIGHTS 1 - 2, 10+
(Known assignments in bold)
1 - 2 10 11 12 13 14 15 16+
1935 2 J 189 10 N 11
1936 2 H 341
1937 2 E 231
1938 2 E 6 10 J 135
1939 2 D 790
1940 2 C 62
1941 2 B 210 19 A 48
1942-43 2 B 150 10 AF 22 11 X 99 12 P 99 13 C 99 14 B 99 15 B 40
1944 10 R 19
1945 2 A 842 10 AE 99 11 V 87 12 L 55 13 D 99 14 C 99 15 B 99
1946
1947 2 A 318 11 B 48
1948 2 A 3
1949
1950 2 A 518 10 CR 47 12 B 50
1951-52 10 L 73
1953 10 CK 26
1954 2 A 203 10 DN 23
1955 10 DF 93
1956
1957 10 FK 46 15 H 18
1958 2 A 665 10 FT 40 11 CL 79 12 BE 90 13 AP 85 14 AA 28 15 N 48
1959 10 CQ 36 11 BQ 96
1960 2 A 938 10 GS 90 12 BU 66
1961 2 B 648 10 HA 35 11 DW 45 12 CF 38 13 BK 39 14 AN 76 15 AB 56
1962 10 EM 83 11 K 18 12 R 39 15 H 20 16 R 53
1963 2 B 323 10 EZ 18
1964 2 B 194 10 DU 68 13 G 60
1965 10 FP 55 11 EU 75 13 AD 93 15 L 95
1966 10 FJ 47 11 EX 50 14 CC 29 15 R 59
1967 10 M 647 11 N 797 12 L 417 14 A 510
1968 10 U 855 11 N 755 15 E 601 17 F 84 23 A 35
1969 10 R 489 11 M 791 12 L 39 13 F 146 14 H 600 15 H 654 19 N 88
1970 2 A 612 10 H 364 14 E 588 15 G 403 16 C 371 20 K 51
1971 10 X 232 11 N 775 12 B 620 13 L 820 14 N 291 15 H 687 23 C 33
1972 1 A 6 10 U 469 11 Q 641 12 N 953 13 H 837 14 J 168 15 P 827 16 F 88 17 N 60 19 J 63 21 B 88
1973 1 A 5 2 B 99 10 S 43 11 J 23 12 N 639 13 G 709 14 H 100 15 P 97 16 H 405 20 H 26 22 J 41 23 B 24
1974-75 2 A 319 10 P 809 11 N 662 12 T 82 13 M 109 14 H 55 15 N 897 16 K 46 20 A 611
1976-80 2 C 4 10 QM 67 11 HW 96 12 BV 17 13 BB 15 14 PU 50 15 EY 68 16 Y 277 17 R 980 18 N 871
(Border) 12 VV 13
19 E 466 20 B 155 21 A 666 22 B 782 23 B 905 24 A 986 25 B 307 26 C 70
1980-85 2 A 3067 10 BJ 37 11 AJ 94 12 U 258 13 T 766 14 HB 25 15 CV 39 16 BU 90 17 P 484 18 N 184
19 L 505 21 C 41 22 A 606 23 A 462 25 A 897 26 A 141 50 L 453
1985-91 10 SQ 78 11 TF 76 12 MY 71 13 RR 38 15 WR 10 16 VF 45
(No border)
VARIATIONS
1948-49: Waffle aluminum or steel; 1949 steel 4-A-1872
1962: No second hyphen 4-A2836 - 4-A6703
1963: Hyphen placement 4-F-M150
1966: Type 1 - Ohio dies 3 A 6476, 3C869, 4 J 3982, 4 Q 5, 10 S 15
Type 2 - Arkansas dies 4 Q 2834 - 4 Q 3030, 5 GM 97
1974: Type 1 - Steel 3 C 4013, 5 P 5225, 6 B 1947, 7 H 254,
10 G 659, 13 M 109
Type 2 - Aluminum 5 Q 7310, 6 C 525, 12 M 164, 15 N 897
1975-on: All expire MAY, not staggered.
1980-85 BASE 1-2-80
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Aluminum, embossed "OHIO" 3 B 7728, 4 R 3504
Type 2 - Aluminum, screened "OHIO"
Type 3 - Steel, screened "OHIO"
1985-91 BASE 1-2-85 (Numbers may have begun beyond previous base)
Description of Types: "TRUCK" top on Types 1-3.
Type 1 - Aluminum, small "OHIO", embossed border (leftover 1976s)
Type 2 - Steel, small "OHIO", embossed border (counted as 1976s)
Type 3 - Steel, small "OHIO", no embossed border
Type 4 - As Type 3, but large "OHIO" at top, "TRUCK" bottom
1991-97 SLOGAN BASE Assuming no I,O used.
Jan.91 Type 1 PA10A - PX786T (516,567 P)
Type 1a P100AA - P318GR (143,319 P)
(TOTAL 659,886 P)
Weight stickers in LL corner, in 4,000 lb. increments:
2,6,10,14,18,22,26,30,34,38,42,46,50,54,58,62,66,70,74,78,80.
1997-on: Weight stickers discontinued.
Assuming no I,O used in 3rd position.
Some PEC series (2003) have no space.
1997-2002 SLOGAN BASE
8-2-96? Heart PAA 1000 - PAX 4231 (192,232 P)
Aviation PAY 4202 - PCQ 2132 (357,931 P)
(TOTAL 559,133 P)
2002-05 BICENTENNIAL BASE
10-1-01? "5-03" PCW 1751 - PEN 2102 (360,352 P)
2005-11 SUNBURST BASE
5-12-04 "6-08" PEP 9999 - PGQ 9999 (441,001 P)
2010 "2-11" PGV 7000 - PHF 9999 (93,000 P)
(TOTAL 534,001 P)
2010-13 BEAUTIFUL BASE
2010 "10-11" PGR 1000 - PGV 6999 (42,000 P)
PHG 1000 - PIA 6259 (167,260 P)
(TOTAL 209,260 P)
2013-22 PRIDE BASE
4-27-13 "12-14" PIC 9069 - PLB 8491 (637,423 P)
PMC 4519 - PMH 8513 (48,995 P)
(TOTAL 686,418 P)
2022-24 SUNRISE BASE
2022 "6-23" PLE 3830 - PLY 9277 (167,448 )
LEGENDS
1935-51, Odd-numbered years 1955-65 "TRUCK-1935-OHIO" bottom
1953, Even-numbered years 1954-64 "TRUCK-OHIO-1953" bottom
1966 "TRUCK OHIO 1966" bottom
1967-80, 1985-91 "TRUCK" top
1980-85, 1991-on (also 1990 Type 4) "TRUCK" bottom
W/S STICKER COLORS PLATE STICKER COLORS
1943 Black/Gold MAY 1975 White/Red
1952 Black/Yellow 1978-present Same as passenger, but
"T" or"N" instead of "P"
PLATE COLORS
1985-91 BASE Truck FR Red/White
Non-Comm. FR Green/White
NON-COMMERCIAL
Began 1978, expire "5/79" for private trucks and farm trucks up
to 3/4 ton. Issued only to new registrations 1978-79; renewals
issued "N" sticker for old "TRUCK" or "FARM" plates. MSR began
1980 as passenger. All have "NON-COMM" legend, at top 1978-79,
at bottom 1980-96.
Many spacing variations exist.
Order of formats not certain 1980-91.
Discontinued 1996; passenger plates issued since.
1979-80 BASE No I or O used in 3rd position.
AAA 010 - ATE 467 (455,858 P)
1980-85 BASE No I or O used.
Type 1 N 1000 - N 99999 (99,000 P)
"1-81" Type 1a NA 1000 - NZ 9999 (216,000 P)
"2-81" Type 1c N 100 A - N 9999 Z (237,600 P)
"6-81" Type 1d N1A 100 - N7D 833 (133,034 P)
"10-85" Type 1e N 2 F 1 M, N 67S8L
"2-82" Type 2 N 8B220 - N 9Z999 (42,180 P)
"11-82" Type 2a N 1AA1 - N 9ZZ99 (513,216 P)
"9-84" Type 2b N 1A1A - N 34X3C (500,767 P)
(TOTAL 1,760,983 P)
Description of Types: Type 1 - Embossed "OHIO" (685,632 P)
Type 2 - Screened "OHIO" (1,056,163 P)
Type 1d sequence: N1A - N1Z, N2A - N2Z, N3A etc.
Type 2a sequence: N 1AA1 - N 1ZZ99, N 2AA1 - N 2ZZ99, N 3AA1 etc.
Type 2a spacing: N 1AA1 - N 3KA73, N3X Y 48,
N4 CJ 59 - N6 JK 46 (and N 4 YM 2, N 6 RH 1),
N7D U 59, N 7TP82 - N 9ZZ99 (inc. N 8DU44).
Type 2b spacing: N84C6 B, N 57J5E - N 34X3X (and N 6U5F).
1985-91 BASE No I or O used.
"1-86" Type 1 N 10 AA - N 999 ZZ (570,240 P)
Type 1a N 1000 - N 99999 (99,000 P)
"11-87" Type 1b NA 100 - NZ 9999 (237,600 P)
"2-89" Type 1c N 100 A - N 9999 Z (237,600 P)
Type 1d N 1AA00 - N 1NN65 (270,066 P)
Type 1e NA 10 A - NX 606 R (514,407 P)
"3 90" Type 1f P 10 AA - P 976 GQ (157,387 P)
Type 2 P 529 HK -
Type 1g P 453 HR -
Type 2 P 296 KF - P 935 NQ (80,830 P)
Type 3 P 831 RF - P 558 TX (63,088 P)
(TOTAL 2,354,172 P)
Description of Types:
Type 1 - Screened "OHIO", inset sticker boxes
Type 2 - Screened "OHIO", open sticker boxes
Type 3 - Embossed "OHIO", open sticker boxes
1991-97 BASE No I or O used.
"3-94" Type 1 N 11 AA - N 999 ZZ (569,664 P)
"1-92" Type 1a NA 1 AA - PE 9 SN (1,636,875 P)
"10-96" Type 2 PJ 58 JN - PN 46 HH (225,214 P)
(TOTAL 2,639,899 P)
Description of Types: Type 1 - Wide dies (spacing variations)
Type 2 - Thin dies
Discontinued 1996. Revalidated through at least 2002.
RELATED SERIES
1. Apportioned, began 1991, started at PUA 1000 on 1997 base.
