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Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day

10-62 = Unable to copy, use phone

10-84 = My telephone number is .........

10-44 = I have a message for you

10-200 = Police needed at ..........

10-25 = Can you Contact .......

 

Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day

Break one-oh

I want to talk (on channel 10)

Rolling Radius

Tire dimension from center of the axle to the ground; measured with tire loaded to rated capacity. Used in calculating geared speed.

Tandem Axle (Tandems)

Pair of axles and associated suspension usually located close together. (see Spread Axle)

Overdrive

Gearing in which less than one revolution of a transmission's input shaft causes one turn of the output shaft. The purpose of overdrive is to reduce engine rpm in high gear for better fuel economy. Example: A transmission with an overdrive top gear has a ratio of 0.70 to one. Turning the input shaft 0.7 revolutions causes 1.0 revolution of the output shaft.

Kingpin (trailer)

Anchor pin at the center of a semitrailer's upper coupler which is captured by the locking jaws of a tractor's fifth wheel to attach the tractor to the semitrailer.