[Milsurplus] Bridge plates

[Mark J. Blair]

On Sep 3, 2010, at 8:57 PM, KD7JYK DM09 wrote:
> You know...  Before I started researching this, that's what came to mind!  I 
> HAVE found that there is C, H or E (I think it's an E) on top, that's 
> something I didn't know before!  Acoording to one reference, C for 
> Cross-Country, H for Highway, I forget the E designator.


Hmm, I thought that the C meant "combination", i.e. the bridge classification of a combined truck + trailer. I haven't seen H or E on bridge plates before. As far as I know, a bridge doesn't care about distinctions between cross-country and highway (like the suspension and frame of a truck would)... it just cares whether the truck and/or trailer is heavy enough to bring it down, has high enough ground pressure to punch a hole through the deck, etc. The newer bridge plates I'm familiar with that have the two stacks of interchangeable numbers have a C on one side of the lock plate, so that it can be installed with the C exposed or hidden depending on the vehicle configuration.


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