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Found a partial list elsewhere on this site a bit ago that had the M997 and M998 listed as examples that they could be marked as )# if they were empty, and 04 if loaded to capacity, so that matches what I remembered. Only the first generation trucks listed, nothing newer.To my knowledge, that is a bridge plate for letting others know your max possible gross weight, so a truck that's too heavy doesn't get told to cross an improvised bridge that may not be rated for it.
number would be in tons, so 05 would be 10k lbs, 06 would be 12k lbs. If you are towing a trailer that could put you at 07 or even 08 (I believe it's rounded up to the next rating) An early truck with no trailer might be 04 since it's rated max 7700 lbs.
My truck, being a 10,300 lb max weight plus 4200 lb trailer would be 14,500 lbs, so 08 would be appropriate, though 07 could be argued as well. I know the heaviest I've crossed the scales at was 13,500 with trailer in my M1123.
But to change my statement above, it would be for actual weight (if known), not just potential max weight