Bridge plate on passenger side door

[cranetruck]

Found this in a 1968 PS Magazine.
Don't recall seeing the bridge plate marking on the door of any vehicle or trailer, was that practice discontinued?

Uploaded it here:
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/module...ile=index&name=gallery&include=view_photo.php

 

[Armada]

It is on the door of my truck still. This pic is when I first got the truck.

 

[clinto]

I have seen it painted on, never seen an actual plate mounted on the door. I have some in my pics files.

 

[vtdeucedriver]

Its painted or a decal, was never a plate bolted to the door

 

[lacoda56]

Just looked at the M135 I'm parting out and it's painted on the door.

 

[Recovry4x4]

My tractor was painted in 93 and has the bridge weight designation painted on the door. Also on the door of the wrecker although I just removed that door from an M35A2. And yes, the 5 is correct for the deuce tractor.

 

[cranetruck]

Thanks, guess I havn't been paying attention.

Anybody have dimensions for the painted on mark?

Checked David Doyle's "Standard Catalog" pages 500-501, and he has "6" for the M105 trailer, doesn't that seem a bit high (the number is fixed for a given vehicle)....and what about the M756A2 pipeline truck?

What about the trailers, any pix of them w/bridge plate marking?

Learn something every day.

 

[Recovry4x4]

I've never noticed a trailer with the markings. I know the front plate on my tractor gets changed when a semi trailer is added. The top plate also gets reversed to show the "C" indicating combination vehicle. I recall seeing something somewhere that 11 is the weight for the M756A2. I'll go out an measure mine to see what dimensions are. I also remember seeing a manual somewhere on my laptop for calculating the number. Once I find that I'll upload it to the site and let all know.

 

[mangus580]

I think my buddies M105 has this marking on it.... I will have to track it down and see.

 

[BFR]

My door has a 5 painted on it.
the bridgeplate on the grill is displaying 87

(both are how the truck was when I found it)

 

[mangus580]

You found actual paint on your door?

 

[BFR]

well, it is only about the size of a softball

 

[Hookin1]

Alot of the units started using the front bridge plate for there truck numbers instead of painting it on the bumper.hence the 87 on your bridge plate.

 

[mangus580]

My buddies M105 has the painted on # on the passenger" side. It's a 4.

 

[CaptainRPM]

on both my 813 and my m135a2 there was a 8 on both pass doors

 

[wallew]

Well I've posted this request once before. DOES ANYONE have a spare bridge plate. Don't need the numbers, just the round plate.

Thx.

jim

 

[cranetruck]

Check ebay Jim, the bridgeplate pops up from time to time. I paid $10 plus shipping for mine and it was complete with all the numbers and the "C".

 

[patch]

And if there's nothing on ebay, you can get new ones from most of the usual MV parts dealers, priced about $18. One that comes to mind is Rick Larsen stencils, check MV Mag for his ad, and others.

 

[cranetruck]

I am still interested in getting the dimensions for the passenger door marking.
Diameter, width of lines and height of numbers, please.

 

[ida34]

I will try to measure the ghost image on my door for you tommarow.

Chuck