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 archive. 1930 plate
issued for 6 months to 6/30/30. Farm Truck plates began 1934/35 only
for trucks 1 1/2 tons or less, replacing most regular "A" trucks.
WEIGHTS CODES 1923-24 1930/31
1918 6601 A Up to 1 1/2 tons (Same)
1919 10342 B >1 1/2 to 2 1/4 tons (Same)
1920 16156 C >2 1/4 to <3 tons (Same)
1921 15-815 D 3 to <6 tons 3 to <4 tons
1922 23-897 (-31-) E 6 to <10 tons 4 to <5 tons
1923 26-361 F 10 tons + 5 tons +
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 F 7 (241)
1924 A16-156 B16-619 C 3074 D 3755 F 2 (39,606)
1925 24-296A 18-304B 4-857 C 5-526 D (52,983)
1926 A33-778 B24-678 C 8-785 D 5-282 E 1-355 (73,878)
A35-298 B26-132 C 8-991 D 6-562 E 2-873 F 717 (80,573)
1927 36-044A 15-585B 10-836C 5-553 D 952 E (68,970)
1928 A39-255 B14-705 C20-485 D 9-431 (83,876)
1929 39-445A 19-724B 19-895C 17-709D 3-278 E (100,051)
39-469A 20-604B 21-231C 18-146D 3-635 E (103,085)
1930 A34-995 B17-912 C 6-727 D16-620 (76,254)
A37-572 B19-408 C18-100 D19-213 E 3-301 F 1-358 (98,952)
1930/31 A46351 B21548 C19298 D22449 (109,646)
1931/32 A53558 B20698 C17035 D22939 (114,230)
1932/33 49-989A 17-716B 13-282C 14-734D (95,721)
1933/34 48-978A 20-033B 13-364C 11-784D 4-590E (98,749)
1934/35 4-153A 12-334B 10-676C 17-011D 6-055E (50,229)
1935/36 8-792A 9-660B 10-298C 14-193D 4-368E 52 F (47,363)
1936/37 8177 A 15-441B 14-607C 19-650D 5804 E (63,679)
1937/38 5325 A 19-848B 8749 C 16-990D 4088 E 4648 F (59,648)
1938/39 7489 A 24-711B 8256 C 17-517D 7426 E (65,399)
1939/40 6655 A 21-448B 1649 C 14-716D 4137 E 1330 F (49,935)
1931/32 - 1939/40 WEIGHT CLASSES G - N
1933/34 387 H
1938/39 1166 H
1939/40 1026 H
1931/32-41 weight classes A - N listed under Misc. 2.
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison) 7/1/1939 news article
mentions that weight classes E - N are to be White/Green
instead of Blue/Yellow.
WEIGHT 1- 3,001- 4,501- 6,001-
LBS. 3,000 4,500 6,000 8,000 TOTAL
1940/41 A30-921 B50-642 C31-016 D37-395 (49,974 P)
1941/42 30-124A 46-814B 33-910C 34-483D (45,331 P)
1942/43 30264A 49527B 31918C 30552D (42,261 S)
1944/45 A29 335 B46 634 C32 173 D34 424 (42,566 S)
1945/46 A29 100 B53 937 C33 823 D33 486 (50,346 P)
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 D26-358 (65,465 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 A28-125 B87-251 C44-827 D39-486 (99,689 P)
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" A16-022 B99-999 C99-999 D57-728 (474,269 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 578,945 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.
2001-23 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 - RN3404 (2,414,136 P)
(TOTAL 3,482,893 P)
*Q added at FQ in 2nd position 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?
